This site exists to support pro bono efforts around the state. California also offers a statewide pro bono website (www.CaliforniaProBono.org), and a San Francisco Bay Area website (www.probono.net/bayarea).

Pro bono is largely based on relationships and in many instances those relationships are based on local geography. The SoCal Pro Bono Center supports the pro bono efforts of the broad legal community throughout Southern California through its calendar, news, resources and Pro Bono Programs Guide.

The regional pro bono sites work to support the pro bono efforts in their local area by offering information, referrals to pro bono providers in their region, and in some instances posting of current pro bono cases and opportunities. The regional sites in California include this website as well as www.probono.net/bayarea (for the San Francisco/Bay Area region).

Many legal services organizations also offer information about their pro bono projects on their own websites; volunteers can find these organizations and their sites by searching in the Pro Bono Programs Guide on this webiste.

Therefore, the SoCal Pro Bono Center, CaliforniaProBono.org and probono.net/bayarea function together to form a technological backbone for both statewide and local pro bono work in California.