This session will provide an overview of the roll-out of the first year of the Pro Bono Scholars Program in New York, providing details from the experience at New York law schools and offering an opportunity for clinical and externship faculty in other states to learn more as they prepare their own students for participation in this program or as they consider similar proposals to be implemented in their own jurisdictions. The session will begin with a brief description of the goals of the program as articulated by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, the substance of the program and its requirements, and the process by which the program was enacted and developed. The presenters will share the range of models of the program as implemented at different law schools, as well as the experiences of students, field placement supervisors, and clinical and externship faculty during the inaugural semester. The program will include reflections about the successes and challenges in the implementation of the program, as well as initial assessment of its impact on improving access to justice and inspiring students to commit to pro bono service during their professional careers. Attendees will be encouraged to engage the presenters in a dialogue about whether such programs can or should be designed to increase and improve access to justice, how schools can advance pedagogical goals for students, and the impact such programs might have on practicing lawyers’ pro bono responsibilities.