Eric Angel, Executive Director

Executive Director Eric Angel and Legal Aid Board Member Becky Troth, Pro Bono Counsel for Sidley Austin LLP, will serve on a panel on Friday, March 15, 2013, entitled “Pro Bono Rotations/Externships/Fellowships/Secundments” at the PBI Annual Conference at the Grand Hyatt Washington.

Legal Aid has a robust loaned associate program that is the envy of many programs nationwide.  Legal Aid currently has lawyers from Arnold & Porter LLP; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Crowell & Moring LLP serving for six-month rotations in our housing unit; a lawyer from Steptoe & Johnson LLP serving in our family law unit on a six-month rotation; and a lawyer from Sidley Austin LLP serving a four-month rotation in our Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Project.  If your firm is considering creating a rotation anywhere in the country, please consider attending the session, scheduled for Friday, March 15, 2013, at 2:45 PM.  Our loaned associates have truly been extraordinary during their time at Legal Aid.  Below are blog entries by former loaned associates:

• Reflections of a Loaned Associate: Drawing Inspiration from Legal Aid’s Clients, by Kate Riggs
• Preparing for Trial Requires More than “Lawyering”, by Rebecca Baden
• New Report Reaffirms Importance of Legal Representation in Eviction Cases, by Cassandra Tillinghast
• Reflections from a Loaned Associate…, by Saad Gul