In 2015, the United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, underpinned by 17 key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The goals represent targeted areas for global improvement and broadly relate to areas such as health, education, equality and environmental sustainability – with ambitious goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure […]

The Dads House legal clinic will be marking the importance of Pro Bono Week by continuing its dedication to providing advice to those who need it most. The clinic will be open 10am - 1.30pm, as it has been throughout the whole of lockdown, to give legal guidance to both mothers and fathers. Family lawyer […]

A roundtable event to engage and encourage law students to get involved in pro bono at this early stage in their learning and inspire them to continue doing pro bono through their legal career. Students from various educational providers in Birmingham will provide case studies on their pro bono experiences along with recruitment managers at […]

The In House Pro Bono Group invites you to join us for a webinar primarily aimed at the in-house legal community focussing on how in-house lawyers and their legal departments can participate in pro bono work, and why it is so important for us to do so, now more than ever, in these difficult times. […]

Join the PILS Project and the Law Society of Northern Ireland during UK Pro Bono Week as they host a virtual session on the power of pro bono for your CV in times of COVID.    Engaging in pro bono work has lots of potential benefits for legal professionals. Not only does it open you up to new […]

*University of Edinburgh students & members only* We will be streaming the documentary via Microsoft Teams. You will be invited to join a Team before the event date. Please make sure you can access Teams through your University of Edinburgh email address and that you are using the same email address to register for your […]

The Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit is keen to help as many people as possible to gain access to justice. For this online seminar, we have asked all our accredited advice agencies to join us to discuss the Unit’s processes and how we might work together to reach more people. This event is […]

With an address by Michael Napier QC and readings from Tanya Murshed (Bar Pro Bono Award winner & Founder, Evolve Foundation) and Toby Brown (Chair, Pro Bono Week committee) In person, and online.  Livestream YouTube link 

Panel event hosted by BPP University and chaired by Laura Richards, Pro Bono Manager at BPP University. Panellists include: 1. Chloe O'Brien, pro bono lawyer from Simmons and Simmons 2. Farzana Begum, Inclusion & CSR Executive, Macfarlanes 3. Olivier Peeters, Trainee Solicitor at Skadden and former BPP student 4. Olivia McLaughlin, former BPP student,  5. […]

The King's College London Pro Bono Society's Climate Justice Project is excited to invite representatives from Clifford Chance, CMS, Herbert Smith Freehills, and Linklaters to discuss the impact of climate change upon commercial law. This event will look at the impact of climate change upon each firm's commercial work, their pro bono initiatives, and the […]

Kindly hosted by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP via Zoom, our esteemed panellists will be sharing their experience in relation to how pro bono work has shaped their careers, and why pro bono work is important. The panel discussion will be introduced by the UK’s Solicitor General, the Right Honourable Michael Ellis QC MP. We hope […]

Sponsored by LexisNexis, the 2020 Bar Pro Bono Awards are bigger, better and more virtual than ever! Join us as we celebrate the amazing pro bono work that has been undertaken this year at all levels of seniority and across the country. Cheer on your friends and colleagues and maybe even get some inspiration for […]