PILnet is grateful to the Vance Center for its permission to use and modify this Guide for the purpose of advancing pro bono legal practice around the world.
Both PILnet and the Vance Center also thank Ronald Tabak, Special Counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPfor his valuable support and advice in developing and editing both the initial and the present versions of the Guide, and making some comments on the Annexes to the Guide. Neither the initial nor present version of the Guide or the Annexes necessarily reflect the views of Mr. Tabak or Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom.
The Vance Center extends its gratitude to Juan José Bouchon at Carey law firm in Chile for his dedication and hard work as editor of the initial version of this Guide, a project which he undertook while working as a foreign associate at the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
The Vance Center expresses its gratitude to Carol Bockner, Director of Pro Bono Initiatives at the New York City Bar Association’s City Bar Justice Center for her collaboration obtaining background documentation and assistance in reviewing the drafts of the initial version of the Guide.
The Vance Center would like to thank former White & Case Public Interest Fellow Benjamin Bass for his assistance in developing the Supplement to the Pro Bono Guide (subsequently incorporated in the Guide).
The Vance Center also thanks Harlene Katzman, Pro Bono Counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Marcia Tavares Maack, Assistant Director of Pro Bono Activities at Mayer Brown, for their valuable support and advice in developing the Supplement to the Pro Bono Guide (subsequently incorporated in the Guide).
Finally, PILnet would like to thank its staff members who have actively contributed to the preparation of this version of the Guide: Dmitry Shabelnikov, Director for Russia (Moscow); Marieanne McKeown, Senior Legal Officer (London); and Lorna Kralik, Senior Legal Officer (Budapest).
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