Pro Bono

The UK's 20th annual Pro Bono Week will take place from 1 to 5 November 2021, offering an opportunity to recognise and support the voluntary contribution made by the legal profession across the UK in giving free legal help to those in need.  This milestone anniversary will be a pivotal moment t

William Fry's pro bono programme has been recognised at the 2021 Chambers Sustainable Business Impact Awards. The law firm won the "Excellence in Social Enterprise" award for its Social Impact+ programme, which was launched in partnership with Inner City Enterprise in July 2019.

The introduction of pro bono costs orders in Northern Ireland has been identified as a priority area in a new plan for modernisation of the civil and family justice system. Justice Minister Naomi Long today published a delivery plan which sets out actions to be taken over the remainder of the curren

Matheson, Ireland's largest law firm, has announced the appointment of Niamh Counihan as its first pro bono partner. Ms Counihan will dedicate 50 per cent of her professional time to pro bono legal activities, while the other 50 per cent will continue to be dedicated to her responsibilities as Mathe

A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has been awarded the Outstanding Firm for Pro Bono prize at the prestigious Chambers Europe Awards 2021. In a virtual awards ceremony last night, Chambers Europe highlighted ALG's role in establishing the new Pro Bono Pledge for Ireland as well as the significant social im

Over 70 signatories, representing in excess of 2,000 legal professionals, have come together to pledge free legal services for those who need it most. The "Pro Bono Pledge Ireland", a new initiative which asks the legal profession to commit to promoting access to justice by providing free legal assi

Arthur Cox has been named Domestic Law Firm of the Year at an awards ceremony celebrating groundbreaking pro bono projects undertaken on behalf of NGOs and social enterprises. The TrustLaw Awards, now in their tenth year, took place virtually yesterday morning. TrustLaw connects lawyers offering pro

Arthur Cox has revealed a 40 per cent increase in the pro bono hours it undertook over the last year in its Pro Bono Impact Report for 2019/2020. The report provides a snapshot of our pro bono projects, which includes secondments, legal information, strategic litigation, and legal clinics.

The Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA), a project of legal rights group FLAC, has provided pro bono support to over 300 NGOs in its first decade, according to a new report. The impact report, covering the period from PILA's establishment in 2009 to 2019, was launched this morning at an online event

Ronan Daly Jermyn has provided pro bono legal counsel to a campaign to raise funds for vulnerable women and children who are suffering as a result of self-isolation. The firm advised Creatives against COVID-19, which calls on the creative industry to create posters of hope, optimism, resilience, all

The first Irish law firms to appoint a dedicated pro bono associate are teaming up with the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) and TrustLaw for Ireland's inaugural Pro Bono Week.

McCann FitzGerald has been named the best national firm for pro bono work at Legal Media Group Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019 in London.