Celebrating Our Past, Shaping Our Future: An Update from Pro Bono Net

Last month, Pro Bono Net shared the news that our co-founder and Executive Director, Mark O’Brien, is stepping into a Senior Advisor role as he embarks on his well-deserved retirement after 25 years.

As we celebrate Mark’s extraordinary impact and look toward the future, we want to express our deep appreciation for your support of Pro Bono Net’s work and our leadership during this exciting period of change and opportunity. We are humbled by this opportunity to build on Mark’s legacy and propel our mission forward as we begin the search for our next outstanding leader. 

In a world where access to legal assistance can profoundly shape lives, our talented team remains fully focused on advancing our digital tools and partnerships that thousands of people a day rely on to find essential help. You can read examples of this – and the difference your support makes – in our recent Impact Report. 

We’re also redoubling our commitment to ensuring that technology is an equalizing force for those seeking justice, safety and opportunity. This month, our team participated in the first-ever Google.org Impact Summit alongside 20 other global nonprofits selected to participate in Google.org’s inaugural Gen AI Accelerator. We’re proud that Sandra Sandoval and Sam Harden represented us by showcasing Immpath AI, Justicia Lab’s new tool for newly arrived migrants, while Rodrigo participated in the closing panel, “Six Months and 20 Projects Later – Learnings from the Generative AI Accelerator,” moderated by Afua Bruce. His warmly-received remarks about the competitive advantages that collaborative, nonprofit strategies hold to achieve impact and advance access to justice are available online.

As valued friends and supporters, we’d love to hear how Pro Bono Net can support your efforts to accelerate access to justice as we enter this new chapter. Please reach out to us anytime with your ideas or feedback.

Thank you again for your continued support. We’re excited for the journey ahead. 

With gratitude,
Liz Keith & Rodrigo Camarena
Interim Co-Directors

A quick p.s. from Mark O’Brien:

I hope you will join me in welcoming Liz and Rodrigo into their new Co-Director roles. Twenty-five years ago, Michael Hertz and I started Pro Bono Net with a simple idea about the potential for technology and collaboration to serve as a force multiplier for pro bono legal services delivery.  In the years since then, the focus of Pro Bono Net’s work has broadened –  and its impact deepened – thanks to the skills and vision of a committed staff and of a gifted and diverse leadership team.  As the organization embarks on its next quarter-century of innovation and collaboration, I can’t think of better leaders to carry the work forward than Liz and Rodrigo.  I look forward to continuing to champion their and Pro Bono Net’s work in the months and years ahead.