The Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Establishes Three New Social Entrepreneur Collaborators

In order to provide compelling pro bono opportunities to Lex Mundi member firms around the world, the Foundation relies on collaborating organizations to help us source vetted, high-impact social entrepreneur clients. These organizations are on the front lines of supporting, funding, and accelerating the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. We team with these collaborators to provide the critical pro bono legal support that their respective social entrepreneur cohorts rely on to scale their impact. You can see a full list of our collaborators here.

The Foundation continually works to strengthen existing collaborator relationships as well as to source new ones. Recently, we connected with three organizations that fit the profile of the type of social enterprise collaborators we seek. We are very excited to support their social entrepreneurs! Read about them below.

SEED SPOT is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting all social entrepreneurs creating a product, service, or technology that improves lives or makes the world a better place.

SEED SPOT seeks to support entrepreneurs by surrounding them with the right access to resources, mentors, business fundamentals, community partners, capital sources, and anything they need to succeed. The Foundation will provide legal mentoring and pro bono legal support to their social entrepreneurs.

The Edwin Gould Foundation runs New York’s premier incubator for education-related social enterprises. The Accelerator selects early- and mid-stage organizations with the highest potential for impacting college outcomes for low-income students and provides consulting that helps leaders be their best so that their organizations’ can spread and scale.

AARP, the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older, recently became the new home for the “Purpose Prize,” taking it over from encore.org. The Purpose Prize award honors extraordinary individuals who use their life experience to make a better future for all. Our own Founder, Dave Roll, was a 2009 Purpose Prize winner for his work with the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation.

We are delighted to work closely with these three great organizations to provide their social entrepreneur cohorts pro bono legal assistance through the Lex Mundi network.

News on Purpose May 2026

In This Issue

  • Twenty Years of Changing the World: The Foundation Celebrates its Anniversary and 2026 Award Winners in Vienna
  • Reimagining Ticketing as a Force for Good 
  • Sowing Change in Caribbean Farming Communities

Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Announces New Appointments to its Board of Directors

During the Lex Mundi Annual Conference in Vienna on Friday, April 24, 2026, Eduardo Geli of Uría Menéndez (Spain) was elected as the new Chair of Lex Mundi and the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation’s Board of Directors. The Foundation’s Board of Directors also elected Meredith Rathbone, Steptoe LLP (USA, DC) to the position of Chair-Elect and Megan Costa DeLeon, Akerman LLP (USA, FL) as a new director.

Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Celebrates 20 Years of Global Impact and Announces 2026 Pro Bono Award Winners

Five member firms honored for outstanding pro bono service as Foundation marks two decades of connecting the world’s leading law firms with the social impact sector

  • Marval, O’Farrell and Mairal, Lex Mundi member for Argentina
  • JunHe LLP, Lex Mundi member for China
  • Foley Hoag LLP, Lex Mundi member for USA, Massachusetts
  • Bowmans, Lex Mundi member for South Africa
  • Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I., Lex Mundi member for France

News on Purpose January 2026

In This Issue

  • An Incredible 2025 in Review
  • Planting the Seeds of Sustainable Growth in Bhutan
  • Legal Expertise Meets Innovation: Empowering Young Entrepreneurs Across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East

News on Purpose November 2025

In This Issue

  • Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Wins Two Anthem Awards
  • Launching the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Special Interest Group
  • Breaking Barriers in Communication for the DeafBlind Community

News on Purpose July 2025

In This Issue:

  •  A Legacy of Impact, A Future of Possibility: 20 Years of Pro Bono with Lex Mundi 
  • Global Report on Social Procurement Launched at Davos with Key Contributions from Lex Mundi Firms
  • Honoring Excellence: 2025 Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Awardees and Network Recognition