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  • Welcoming in Pro Bono Week: Breakfast at No5. Barristers’ Chambers, Birmingham

    No.5 Chambers (Birmingham) Fountain Court, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham

    Organisers: Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee in collaboration with No.5 Barristers' Chambers  Please join us for breakfast networking with an official welcome from Tony McDaid. The President of the Birmingham Law Society, the Pro Bono Committee and No5 Barristers' Chambers warmly invite you to an informal breakfast to launch Pro Bono Week 2022 in […]

  • The Climate Crisis is Real – how junior lawyers can get involved in tackling the climate crisis?: Clyde & Co

    Online event

    2022 has seen record breaking temperatures and unprecedented climate hazards emerge globally, which is a stark reminder that the climate crisis is very much real and well underway. It is therefore more important than ever that every professional is able to pull their weight in tackling this crisis, none more so than the next generation […]

  • “Pro bono and the response to international refugee crises”: Reeds Smith (Invitation Only)

    Reed Smith LLP Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose St, LondoBroadgate Tower, 20 Primrose St, London

    Reed Smith panel event: “Pro bono and the response to international refugee crises” - internal only  Reed Smith is hosting an internal panel event to discuss how pro bono should (and shouldn’t) be used to respond to international refugee crises. Panellists include lawyers from Safe Passage International and Reed Smith.

  • University of Leicester Pro Bono Society: Photography event

    Pro Bono Project; Project Light will be taking professional photos for LinkedIn profile pictures. The donations raised will be going to the charity, The Bridge. Time: 4:00-6:00pm Venue: Law Library, University of Leicester Registration: contact sj405@leicester.le.ac.uk  

  • Lawyers Stepping Up – Focus on Ukraine – Eversheds Sutherland with DLA Piper and Asylum Aid

    Hybrid: in person and streamed online

    The Ukraine Advice Project was founded on 28 February 2022 to provide urgent, free and professional legal advice and information about UK resettlement options to people displaced and at risk due to the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine. We will be discussing the collaborative response to this humanitarian crisis by a group of lawyers, barristers, […]

  • The Future of Barristers – overcoming present obstacles: Manchester University Law Society

    Manchester Justice Hub

    It is our pleasure to invite you to ‘The Future of Barristers - overcoming present obstacles’ event, organised in collaboration with the Justice Hub. This event is a follow up to the Statement issued by the Pro Bono Society, Manchester University Law Society and the Bar and Advocacy Society earlier in this academic year.    […]

  • Launch of the new Liverpool John Moores University School of Law Legal Advice Centre (Invitation Only)

    LJMU Legal Advice Centre 15-19 Hardman Street, Liverpool

    This event celebrates the opening of the Liverpool John Moores University School of Law’s Legal Advice Centre in its new premises at 15-19 Hardman Street.  The new location for this pro bono service means that we can now advise much larger numbers of staff, students and members of the public. It is a space for […]

  • Talk with a KC – the vibrant career and importance of probono: The Tayside and Perthshire Law Project

    Abertay University Room 1004, Kydd Building, Abertay University, Bell Street,, Dundee

    The Tayside and Perthshire Law Project are proud to bring you this event as part of Pro Bono Week, with Claire Mitchell KC, an impressive Advocate with strong roots undergoing pro bono work. TayPer is a student led law project in the heart of Tayside and Perthshire, who carries out pro-bono work to the community. […]

  • OFFICIAL LAUNCH Pro Bono Week 2022 – Cost of Living Crisis – **Virtual Event**

    Online

    The official launch of the 21st 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. This year, the […]

  • Pro Bono Week Events 2022: Cayman Islands Legal Assistance Clinic

    The Cayman Islands is taking part in Pro Bono Week with events and communications to showcase the new Cayman Islands Legal Assistance Clinic, and to encourage law students and attorneys to volunteer.   The Clinic represents a cooperative initiative between the Department of Legal Aid, the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association and the Truman Bodden […]