What kind of pro bono service qualifies for certification?
■ Work must be law-related. (Clerical work is appropriate only to the extent needed to carry out the overall legal task.) ■ Work must be uncompensated. (Students may not receive monetary compensation, academic credit or other tangible benefits for performing service.) ■ Work must be adequately supervised. Ultimately, an attorney must be responsible for the student’s work, and the student must be directly supervised on a day-to-day basis by an attorney, or other lay person with expertise in the relevant subject matter area, who is responsible for: • assigning the particular task to the student; • taking steps to assure the task’s successful completion, including training, oversight and provision of model forms or other documentation; • conducting an exit interview with the student; and • completing the Program’s mandatory evaluation form about the student. ■ Examples of approved placements include work for legal service organizations on behalf of nonprofit community groups, and for gove
