Pro Bono's Superpower: Radical Connection

Pro bono representation of low-income clients offers a possibility of radical connection across difference — a rare counterforce of relationship, empathy and understanding between people of different economic status. Skadden chief pro bono officer Brenna DeVaney co-authored this article discussing this “superpower of connection” and how pro bono programs at law firms and legal services organizations can establish the necessary mindset to achieve radical connection and, in turn, transformative change.