If you are organising an event whether online or in person, please let us know via info@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.
A Roundtable Discussion on bringing together Pro Bono activities and promoting access to justice through setting up a Hampshire Pro Bono Committee Arranged with the support and attendance of HHJ Glen (Designated Civil Judge) and HHJ Levey (Designated Family Judge) Arranged with the support of the Access to Justice Foundation, Advocate, Citizen Advice (Southampton), Hampshire […]
The APPG on Access to Justice is holding its annual Pro Bono Week event on Monday 27 November at Parliament. The meeting will be chaired by James Daly MP, co-chair of the APPG. We are expecting the following speakers: Michael Tomlinson KC MP, Solicitor General and Chair of the Attorney General’s Pro Bono Committee Rebecca […]
The first meeting of the Yorkshire Pro Bono Committee, which has been set up to bring together legal practitioners, front-line advice services, charities, academic institutions, and local government across Yorkshire, to discuss pro bono volunteering and to increase the collaboration and coordination of pro bono services. This will be a hybrid meeting in Leeds, with […]
Please save the date for the Employment Lawyers Association event for Pro Bono Week 2023, which will take place in London in November. ELA wraps up the celebrations of Pro Bono Week earlier in the month with a panel discussion chaired by Paul MacFarlane, Chair of ELA, about the Employment Tribunal Litigants in Person Support […]
The Annual LawWorks Pro Bono Awards and reception will be held on 5th December, at the Law Society, Chancery Lane, London. The awards celebrate the best legal pro bono activities undertaken by organisations and individuals and the positive impact they have had on those helped. The evening will be a magical night spotlighting and celebrating […]
What better way is there to get into the festive spirit than by joining Advocate and LawWorks for our annual Christmas Carol Concert. Join the two access to justice charities on Thursday 14th December at 6:15pm in the heart of London’s legal quarter at the beautiful Temple Church for an enchanting evening of music, mince pies and special celebrity guest […]
Join us for an evening of insightful discussions to help you understand and enhance the impact of your pro bono initiatives. TrustLaw is partnering with B4SI, Hogan Lovells LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP to host an evening dedicated to pro bono impact measurement. As law firms across the world have become more conscious of their environmental and social responsibilities, they are […]
The North East Committee was set up to share and discuss information about pro bono in the area, to encourage more pro bono volunteering, to facilitate collaboration, to provide strategic direction in the North East and to provide information to sign-posters about free leal help in the area. It is co-ordinated by co-chairs Nazmin Akthar […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP with Reprieve are organising an internal global webinar as part of celebrating pro bono week here in the UK (4-8 November and in the US (28th October to 1st November). The webinar is taking place on 31 October and features speaker Ineka Frankcom, Reprieve’s US Death Penalty Project Manager who […]
The sweetest fundraiser of the year, the Great Legal Bake, returns from the 4 – 8 November 2024. Calling all Star Bakers Could you raise dough to support free frontline services that help some of society’s most vulnerable people? Are sweet treats up your street or does savoury make you rave-ery? Whether it’s blondies or […]
A number of barrister chambers are planning internal seminars or other internal focuses on pro bono at their chambers for Pro Bono Week. Please send details to Advocate, and also let us know at info@probonoweek.org.uk so we can highlight on the online calendar.
For Pro Bono week, Central Law CIC are extending their now habitual once/twice per week attendance at Family Courts in the South Eastern circuit on FHDRA days, to attend at every Court in Essex on FHDRA days, to assist Courts and LiPs in reaching settlement, agreeing Orders and representing those who need representation, all without […]