Most law firms have pro bono programs, which enable firm attorneys to take on a variety of pro bono matters. Generally speaking, firms employ a "pro bono manager", or a team of such managers, to administer such pro bono programs. These managers are sometimes practicing attorneys. Work involved with administering a pro bono program includes: (1) maintaining relationships with Pro Bono Legal Service Providers (e.g. ACLU, Legal Aid Society, etc.), from which they source pro bono opportunities, (2) informing attorneys of these opportunities, (3) staffing attorneys on pro bono matters, (4) managing the onboarding process of new pro bono matters (e.g. ensuring conflicts checks are run, having accounting/finance open a new client-matter number, etc.), (5) keeping track of ongoing matters and providing status updates to the Pro Bono Legal Service Providers, and (6) ensuring that attorneys have access to appropriate training materials, templates, etc. 

This template provides such pro bono managers with a space to streamline the types of work listed above. Typically, the site would be administered by the pro bono manager(s), and would include other administrators such as the Conflicts Checks team and Accounting/Finance. The core user group would be attorneys who are interested in taking on pro bono work.

Headline features

• Dashboards highlighting key program statistics, with access to resources 
• A knowledge base comprised of a folder structure for documents, precedents and training materials and a collaborative wiki section for co-drafting knowledge and saving quick links
• Trackers using iSheets designed for self service tools for the practitioners and the administrators including a simple matter tracker
• A bulletin board highlighting pro bono opportunities, news and updates
• Automated workflows to ensure matters are automatically recorded, assigned, actioned and track throughout their lifecycle
• Pro bono management section to help administrators coordinate opportunities and practitioners D

Product capabilities included

• Dashboards
• Activity stream
• Files
• Tasks
• iSheets
• Events
• Blog
• Wiki
• Data visualisation PREMIUM  
• Workflow PREMIUM

Product version

HighQ Collaborate 5.4

Release notes

The comprehensive HighQ Collaborate 5.4 platform release notes can be found here. 

Within this solution you ONLY  have the option to download a 5.4 version. Please ensure you are on the correct version or the template will not work.

This version includes the following features specific to the 5.4 release;

• Date based calculation within iSheets - A column has been added to the database that calculates the Time spent on the matter, which is reflected on the dashboard

Notes: 

• The template will work for clients who do not license these premium capabilities but it may not be as effective in addressing the use case it was designed for.

Supported Thomson Reuters products

• HighQ

Languages supported

The comprehensive HighQ Collaborate 5.4 platform release notes can be found here. Within this solution you ONLY have the option to download a 5.4 version. Please ensure you are on the correct version or the template will not work. This version includes the following features specific to the 5.4 release; Date based calculation within iSheets - A column has been added to the database that calculates the Time spent on the matter

which is reflected on the dashboard Notes: The template will work for clients who do not license these premium capabilities but it may not be as effective in addressing the use case it was designed for.

Regions supported

Global