{"id":1616,"date":"2017-01-30T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2017-01-30T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:50:08","slug":"pro-bono-in-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2017\/01\/30\/pro-bono-in-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Bono in Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Friday, I attended a talk at the Business School entitled “Social Enterprise for Four Changes” by Matt Manos, the founder of verynice. Verynice is a design firm committed to social impact, as indicated by their steadfast commitment to giving away 50% of its work for free, as pro bono design work. Mr. Manos has also become something of a pro bono researcher and expert, and has compiled an overview of several dozen different models (aside from the 50% model) that social-impact conscious companies have successfully implemented.<\/p>\n

I found this talk to be relevant to our class for two different reasons. First, as future entrepreneurs or legal counsel to entrepreneurs, we may be called upon to design a framework for social giving–be it in-kind, percentage of revenue, etc. Thus, it makes sense for us to\u00a0study and look to best practices. (If you are interested in learning more about the give half model, click here<\/a>, and for an excerpt from Mr. Manos’s talk about the other models, click here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Second, even if we enter the traditional legal workforce and do not work directly with entrepreneurs, we have a professional obligation to render pro bono services.\u00a0See\u00a0<\/em>ABA Model Rule 6.1. It is helpful to think about how non-legal businesses undergo pro bono work so that we can perhaps import some of these strategies into our future practices.<\/p>\n

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