About me
Samantha Howell is the Pro Bono Director at Three Rivers Legal Services. She has over a decade of experience in creating and managing pro bono programs, with experience at three statewide organizations, and over 20 years of experience with volunteer recruitment and management. Her materials have been used by the ABA as models for law school and civil legal aid programs.
Samantha serves on the Pro Bono Committees of the Third, Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Judicial Circuits, as well as the Jacksonville Bar Association. Samantha is a member of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers and presently serves as the President of the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association (FPBCA) and the Vice President of the National Association of Pro Bono Professionals (NAPBPRO). Samantha is also a member of The Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services and is the NAPBPRO Liaison to the ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono.
She is the recipient of the 2022 Kay B. Meyers Pro Bono Coordinator Award from the FPBCA. She also received the 2014 Supervisor Award from the Albany Law School Pro Bono Program, the 2017 Public Citizen of the Year Award from the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, and the 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Albany Law School.
Samantha has a B.A. in Political Sociology from Whitman College and obtained her J.D. from Albany Law School. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Nonprofit Management at the University of Central Florida. She is admitted to practice in the state courts of Florida and New York, and in the Southern District federal courts of New York and Florida.
