Law360, New York (June 2, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT) -- The White House recently held a forum on increasing access to justice, bringing together leaders from the public interest legal community, the law firm pro bono community, the judiciary, the executive branch and corporate counsel. The forum had a particular focus on innovative public-private partnerships that allowed legal services agencies to leverage pro bono help from law firms and in-house counsel. The White House spotlighted what has become a growing trend of collaboration between law firms and corporations on joint pro bono projects (commonly referred to as "corporate client partnerships"). These collaborations can take different forms, ranging from teaming up to provide limited consultations to low-income individuals in clinic-type settings, to partnering on full-fledged engagements with a particular underserved community....