CAPITAL PRO BONO Heather Tiffee is the Managing Attorney of Capital Pro Bono. She can be reached at htiffee@capitalprobono.org.
Capital Pro Bono Needs You! Capital Pro Bono needs volunteers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CPB staff and volunteers are not meeting clients in person to protect the safety of staff, volunteers, and clients. CPB needs volunteers – especially experienced volunteers – in the areas of law for which it provides pro bono services, including employment law, Chapter 7 bankruptcy, family law, estate planning and probate, guardianships, and conservatorships. To
Giving Back in Retirement: Betsy Jennings
discuss – or better yet – to volunteer, please contact Heather Tiffee at htiffee@ capitalprobono.org.
By Heather Tiffee
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t was the very good fortune of Capital Pro Bono (then the Voluntary Legal Services Program) a decade ago when attorney Betsy Jennings offered to help indigent members of our community with their legal problems. Since then,
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she has helped CPB’s clients with their employment law issues, averaging 42 hours per year, for a total of over 420 hours of pro bono volunteer time. Each year, CPB gives a volunteer-of-the-year award to one
