Pro Bono Manager

Share Reporting to the Executive Director, the Pro Bono Manager leads the design, development, and day-to-day operations of LAM’s pro bono program.

Legal Aid of Marin

Full-time

San Rafael, CA, US

23 July 2025

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Pro Bono Manager leads the design, development, and day-to-day operations of LAM’s pro bono program. The Pro Bono Manager recruits volunteers, facilitates the placement of pro bono cases and matters with pro bono counsel, fields requests from LAM Staff for client and mission‑related pro bono support, and designs and coordinates legal clinics. The Pro Bono Manager develops partnerships with law firms, corporations, law schools, colleges, bar associations, and other mission‑aligned organizations to increase Marin residents’ access to civil justice.

The Pro Bono Manager serves as an ambassador to the statewide legal services sector, the private legal sector, community‑based organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and statewide pro bono networks, among others. The goal of this position is to increase LAM’s internal capacity and community impact by building relationships and stewarding volunteers to deliver legal services that are responsive to emergent community needs.

• Develop, sustain, and expand relationships with lawyers, law firms, corporations, bar associations, law schools, and colleges to advance LAM’s mission and vision, with an emphasis on expanding access to immigration legal services for marginalized Marin residents in anticipation of LAM’s forthcoming immigration law program.
• Actively recruit, coordinate training, mentor, retain, and support volunteer attorneys, interpreters, and other individuals to provide legal services and resources through LAM’s pro bono program, with an emphasis on immigration law.
• Under the supervision of the Executive Director, develop and implement new pro bono initiatives with lawyers, law firms, corporate counsel, government agencies, and law schools, with an emphasis on expanding access to immigration legal services in anticipation of LAM’s forthcoming immigration law program.
• Direct the placement of all pro bono cases and coordinate organizational resources to ensure high quality legal services.
• Partner with other legal and social services organizations on projects related to pro bono services and access to justice, with an emphasis on immigration legal services in anticipation of LAM’s forthcoming immigration law program.
• Represent and promote LAM at events, convenings, and conferences organized by funders, counterparts, government agencies, law firms, and stakeholders.
• Ensure program compliance with all applicable laws and with restrictions required by all funders and pro bono counsel.
• Track, implement, and communicate trends, initiatives, and best practices as they relate to pro bono services and access to justice.
• Under the supervision of the Executive Director, manage the administration, tracking, evaluation, and reporting of all LAM pro bono activities.
• Collaborate and connect with the broader network of community‑based organizations and legal services providers to address regional gaps in services, explore areas for expansion, and make successful referrals to organizations beyond Marin County.
• In close consultation with the Executive Director, establish and implement the long‑range goals, strategies, and policies furthering LAM’s pro bono initiatives as they relate to arising community need.
• Collaborate with LAM Staff and Management to secure case referrals and operate clinics that increase organizational capacity to assist as many marginalized Marin residents as possible.
• Support the Legal Director, Director of Programs, Director of Policy, Business Manager, and other Staff by leveraging pro bono resources to address service gaps and increase organizational capacity.
• With oversight by the Legal Director, provide legal representation to clients in immigration proceedings where pro bono referral is not possible and in‑house representation is necessary to ensure high‑quality and responsive immigration legal services.
• Maintain,…