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MEMORANDUM FOR CHIEF COUNSELS SENIOR COUNSEL TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

FROM: Kirk K. Van Tine, General Counsel
SUBJECT: DOT Pro Bono Policy

I am pleased to issue the Department of Transportation Pro Bono Policy. Please disseminate the attached Policy and Memorandum to All Department of Transportation Attorneys to each attorney on your staff, including those in field offices.

Secretary Mineta and I strongly support DOT employees' participation in pro bono and other volunteer activities. I believe that our commitment is reflected in the attached Policy. Although pro bono legal and other voluntary services must be performed on government attorneys' own time, I encourage supervisors to make maximum use of existing flexibilities, when possible, to allow attorneys in their office to plan and take time off to perform pro bono legal and other volunteer service.

We are now focusing our efforts on ensuring that our attorneys are aware of opportunities for pro bono services. I am establishing a Pro Bono Services Committee to develop and disseminate information about pro bono service providers and other information on pro bono opportunities. This Committee will be made up of one attorney from each Chief Counsel Office and will be chaired by an attorney in my office. Please provide the name of the representative from your office to Laura Aguilar, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel (x6-0365; laura.aguilar@ost.dot.gov) by January 15, 2003.

Thank you for your assistance.