DLA Piper’s Washington-based pro bono partner, Lisa Dewey, left the United States on Saturday night to spread her work to a new frontier.

Brazil in June became the newest country to open itself up to free legal counsel offered by private lawyers. Dewey, colleagues from DLA Piper in London and South Africa and a number of partnering organizations in Brazil and elsewhere traveled to São Paulo to educate lawyers this week on international pro bono opportunities.