Welcome to your Paladin Dashboard — your central hub for all things pro bono! From this homepage, you’ll be able to:

📽️ Get a quick 30-second tour of your Student Dashboard.

In the top left corner of your dashboard, you will see your pro bono participation hours. This will include:

At the top of the page, you will see "Recommended Opportunities." Once you set your preferences, this list will be curated specifically to your interests.

When you click on a matter title, you will be brought to the matter's description page. To learn more about how to read a pro bono opportunity on Paladin click here.

To search all available pro bono opportunities, click "Show more opportunities" or "Browse all opportunities," and you will be brought to the full list.

You can also access the full database of opportunities for your school by selecting your name in the top right and clicking on "Browse Opportunities"

From here you, you can search through the entire breadth of opportunities, utilizing the keyword search, filters and descriptions to help you find the matter that fits your interests. To learn more about how to search for matters on Paladin, check out this page.
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Working on a pro bono matter you found outside of Paladin? No problem! You can still enter these matters and track your hours from right within the platform. To do so click on "+ New External Opportunity," and a form will pop up.
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From here you will be prompted to enter information about the matter, such as title, description, matter type and status.

Next, you'll be prompted to enter your contributed hours. You'll need to provide the date you volunteered, the number of hours contributed, and a brief description of the work you did. You can add as many entries as needed.

Pro Tip: If the description is the same for multiple dates, use the "Duplicate" button to quickly clone the entry—then just update the date!
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After clicking the "Continue" button, you will be brought to the last step to categorize the matter by legal practice area, causes and communities served, as well as skills developed.

Click "Save," and the opportunity will now appear on the "My Participation" section of your dashboard.

Whether you've volunteered for a matter on Paladin or externally, head to the "My Participation" table to view your matters and edit your volunteer hours.

To edit or update a matter, simply click on "Actions" on the right hand side. From here, you can either edit the matter, or delete it entirely.

When you select "edit" on an "External Opportunity" (an opportunity that you found outside of Paladin and added to the system), it will bring you back to the opportunity entry form. If it's a Paladin-sourced matter (an opportunity you found on Paladin), a pop-up will appear with the ability to enter information about participation, supervising attorneys and hours.

Questions? Email [email protected]. We're happy to help!