If you are organising an event whether online or in person, please visit the event planning page or let Mary Dobson Smith know at mary@probonoweek.org.uk
Check out our event ideas and tips page for suggestions of what to do and to see the full list of all events that took place in previous years.
To kick off the week’s events we will be taking a look back over the past year, celebrating successes, talking about lessons learned from the pandemic and thinking about what more we can do in 2021. This will be a great opportunity to reflect on your own involvement in pro bono throughout 2020 and see […]
Birmingham Trainee Solicitors’ Society and Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee invites trainee solicitors to pit their wits against one of the biggest access to justice issues in recent history. Local advice charities have seen demand for their services soar throughout the pandemic and they have had to adapt quickly to meet that need. What […]
To mark the University Law School’s dedication and commitment to pro bono work and clinical legal education, the Legal Advice Centre will be holding a ‘Family Mediation Clinic’ where a practitioner and qualified mediator will attend the Centre offering free appointments to those who want to find out more about the mediation process, what is […]
Government Legal Department members only. This will be a short talk by the Director of Queen Mary's Advice Centre and a talk from a GLD lawyer who has recently started to volunteer at the Centre. The talk will give people an idea about the sort of issues that arise in an Advice Centre, and to reassure GLD […]
Never worked in a legal clinic or feel you could benefit from hearing from some experts in the field? In our first session, we will focus on "Practical Tips when Advising at Legal Clinics". The session will be presented by Tim Boyce and Charlotte Rendle from Simmons and Simmons and Joshua Smith, Legal Counsel at Schroders. Tim is Head of […]
Join us to hear speakers from LawWorks and law firm Reed Smith to describe how Pro bono support from solicitors works and how it can help small charities in particular Suitable for trustees, staff and volunteers of small charities.
Join us to watch the two Amicus student groups debate the motion: The parties to a criminal trial should have the freedom to vet potential jurors and conduct post-trial analysis
Join us to hear John Kamara talk about his experience being a victim of a miscarriage of justice. John was the victim of a miscarriage of justice when he was falsely convicted of murder. He spent almost 20 years in prison until his conviction was overturned with the assistance of a university Innocence project.
To celebrate Pro Bono Week, the Family Law Bar Association and Advocate are delighted to invite you to our first ever joint event on Monday 2nd November at 5-6pm: “Justice is Open to All, ‘Like the Ritz Hotel’ - The Role of Pro Bono in Family Justice. Please join us to hear: FLBA Chair Cyrus Larizadeh […]
Pro Bono Panel Talk with Olivia Clark (Pro Bono Associate at DLA Piper) and Simranjeet Kaur Mann (Future Trainee Solicitor). Invitation-only for University of Liverpool students.
Open to University of Leicester students only
The official launch of the 19th Pro Bono Week, recognising and supporting the voluntary contribution made by lawyers across the UK in giving free legal help to those in need. In this year of unprecedented challenges, for both the voluntary and legal sectors, pro bono legal help has never been more important. The launch event […]