Our annual Summer Pro Bono and Public Interest Forum brings together summer associates, summer interns, lawyers, law students, and legal professionals to discuss pressing legal needs and to learn how to make pro bono or public-interest work a part of their legal careers.
We are thrilled to welcome keynote speaker Liz Oyer, former U.S. Pardon Attorney and current educator and legal contributor. Following her remarks, there will be a tasty lunch and five breakout sessions where you can learn more about pro bono and public-interest work in DC and across the country. You will have the opportunity to choose one topic per session, and all registrants will receive the recordings and recaps from every session after the event.
The panel discussions include:
Session One:
- Non-Litigation Pro Bono
- Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
- Poverty Law
Session Two:
- Criminal Law & Death Penalty
- Immigration & Human Rights
Early Bird Pricing ends June 16!
$55 for WCL Members; $65 for Public-Interest & Government Interns & Lawyers & Law Student Individual Ticket; $95 for Law Firm Summer Associates & Lawyers; Corporate Law Department Lawyers & Interns; General Public.
If you need assistance or want to register your associates/interns in bulk, please reach out to our Executive Director, Christina Jackson, at cjackson@wclawyers.org.
You can join the conversation and see live tweets from the Summer Forum using #SumFo26.
To learn more about our past Summer Forums, check out the links below.
Recap of the 2025 Summer Forum
Recap of the 2024 Summer Forum
Recap of the 2023 Summer Forum