Pro Bono Week 2024 OFFICIAL LAUNCH: “the Power of Pro Bono”

We are delighted to invite you to join our Pro Bono Week launch event which for the first time is taking place simultaneously in London and Edinburgh.

Join the Solicitor General of England & Wales, Sarah Sackman KC MP and the Advocate General for Scotland Catherine Smith KC for the simultaneously live streamed keynote speeches in London and Edinburgh and then let our panel of inspirational speakers bring their pro bono life stories to you shared through the client voice, demonstrating the life changing impact of pro bono work.

A networking reception in our exhibition of pro bono stories will follow the panel with a valuable chance to meet people from across the legal and access to justice sectors with a shared interest in pro bono work of all kinds.

Confirmed speakers are:

• • The Solicitor General of England & Wales, Sarah Sackman KC MP
  • The Advocate General for Scotland, Catherine Smith KC
  • Emma Boffey, advocate, Axiom Advocates
  • Lowri Rutter, Associate, Simmons & Simmons LLP, together with a pro bono client
  • Pamela Grant, Supervising Solicitor and Clinic Manager – BPP University, Family Law Clinic
  • Samantha Hillas KC, Barrister, St John’s Buildings and Pro Bono KC of the Year at the Advocate Pro Bono Awards 2024
  • Alice Giuliato, Head of Services – Refugee & Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL)
  • Camilla Baldwin, Not Beyond Redemption

The event will be jointly chaired from London by Toby Brown, Chair of the UK Pro Bono Week organising committee and from Edinburgh by Neil Mackenzie KC, Convenor of the Free Legal Services Unit and Keeper of the Library.

If you would like to attend in-person to the London Event with networking reception kindly hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright, or attend remotely , please click here and register on Eventbrite.

For those who wish to attend in Edinburgh with networking reception in Laigh Hall kindly provided by the Faculty of Advocates,  please click here.

We hope to see you there for what promises to be an evening to remember, celebrating the outstanding contribution of pro bono work and access to justice every year! Our enormous thanks goes to Norton Rose Fulbright for kindly hosting this year’s launch in London and the Faculty of Advocates for hosting the launch in Edinburgh!

Those registering for the online ticket will receive a Teams link closer to the time.

Tickets are available to the legal profession, charity sector and other professionals with an interest in pro bono.

• To register for London in person or for online, please visit probonoweek.eventbrite.co.uk
• To register for Edinburgh in person, please visit the Faculty of Advocates.