Pursuing Justice Podcast Episode 52: Matching willing lawyers with appropriate pro bono projects can be a challenge. What are the factors that contribute to their decisions to work on one project or another — or to even get involved at all? Two experts on managing and advising pro bono teams, Julia Wilson and Kelly Tautges, share how in-depth discussions and focus groups have helped them identify the key drivers of pro bono involvement.
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Related CLE Content: How you write your recruitment emails has a big impact on whether folks say yes to pro bono. Learn how to make all of your emails more impactful in PLI’s Informal Legal Writing program – co-created & taught by the host of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, Alicia Aiken.
This podcast provides a behind-the-scenes exploration of pro bono and public interest legal work. These heartening stories are told from both clients’ and lawyers’ perspectives to showcase intimate portraits of lawyers helping those with limited access to justice.
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Kelly A. Tautges
Kelly Tautges serves as Faegre Drinker’s pro bono counsel and leads the professional team that manages and supports the firm’s pro bono practice and community service activities. Before joining the firm, Kelly was the Director of Pro Bono & Court Advocacy at the Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF). She led the organization’s pro bono efforts, including work with lawyers, law firms, corporations, the courts, and pro bono and legal aid organizations to maximize the impact of pro bono work in ensuring access to justice. She also led the CBF’s advocacy efforts with the courts and administrative agencies for policies promoting access to justice, including policies that make the courts and administrative agencies more accessible for people without lawyers.
Kelly began her legal career practicing civil and commercial litigation with Vedder Price in Chicago for six years, where she also served on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and represented children and families pro bono in adoption, delinquency, and guardianship proceedings.
Julia R. Wilson
Julia Wilson is an executive coach and management consultant serving individuals, teams, and organizations in the nonprofit sector, with a focus on legal services and advocacy organizations. She brings to this work over 20 years of leadership in the nonprofit sector working to advance justice through legal services and pro bono strategies, including serving as the Executive Director of three national and statewide nonprofits: The John Paul Stevens Foundation, OneJustice, and the Legal Aid Association of California. She started her career as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, after graduating from Stanford Law School and earning her B.A. in Linguistics from UCLA.
