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Jorge Escobedo

Jorge serves as Pro Bono Manager at Covington & Burling, LLP. He manages the firm’s Kurt Wimmer Media Freedom Pro Bono Initiative, which aims to protect and advance media freedom and the safety of journalists around the world through pro bono legal work. The Wimmer Initiative routinely advises nonprofit newsrooms on editorial and operational legal issues. Jorge previously served as Director of Pro Bono Partnerships at the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice within the New York City Bar Association. In this role, he managed the Vance Center’s partnerships with law firms, pro bono clearinghouses, and other legal institutions worldwide. Jorge co-managed the Pro Bono Network of the Americas (Red Pro Bono de las Américas), which aims to foster collaboration among national pro bono clearinghouses in Latin America in order to institutionalize pro bono practice in the region.
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