The Atlanta Lawyer January/February 2013 | Page 30

section update Women In The Profession (WIP) Section Update By Jessica Stern Kish and Lietz, P.C. G eorgia Bar Rules of Professional Conduct (Rule 6.1.) urge every lawyer to provide at least fifty hours of pro bono legal services per year. WIP has strengthened its commitment to service as an important tenet of the legal profession and is proud to offer its members various opportunities to meet these service ideals. For the fourth year, WIP continues its ongoing partnership with Atlanta Legal Aid’s Breast Cancer Project/Cancer Legal Initiative providing pro bono legal services to cancer patients through Grady Healthcare and DeKalb Medical. WIP members who have been trained to conduct outreach and screening have committed to volunteer hospital shifts through March with additional shifts for next quarter becoming available midFebruary. In addition to offering legal service, WIP believes that dedicating time and assistance to the community in a nonlegal capacity is equally as important especially in areas [email protected] that are of interest to our members. In the Fall of 2012, WIP established a relationship with Foreverfamily, an Atlanta organization committed to fortifying the lives of children who have an incarcerated parent by supporting the child in many areas of their life and educating the current caretaker. WIP is Foreverfamily’s “Tuesday Night Dinner “ partner – where members attend the after-schoo