Celebrate National Pro Bono Week—Oct. 25-31, 2009!
National Pro Bono Week in Canada provides an opportunity to celebrate, inform, and energize the legal profession's efforts to increase access to justice through the delivery of pro bono legal services. National Pro Bono Week provides opportunities to reflect on the values of the legal profession, and celebrates ongoing pro bono efforts while challenging the profession to do more!
The aim of this website is to provide information about national pro bono events. Please advise us by email of any events or initiatives that you would like posted, or, if you are a recipient of pro bono legal services, please email us to share your story.
Need an idea?
National Pro Bono Week event ideas:
- During Pro Bono Week 2008, Pro Bono Law of BC organized:
- A full-credit Pro Bono Practice CLE on skills and resources relevant to pro bono lawyers and poverty law practitioners.
- Open-air pro bono legal advice clinics held at Victory Square Park.
- A free non-profit law seminar for non-profit organizations of limited means.
- A “Pro Bono Speed-Dating Session” that brought together representatives of law firms and non-profit organizations in order to foster new pro bono partnerships.
- The National Pro Bono Resource Centre in Australia organized a national “Walk for Justice” in celebration of Pro Bono Day.
- Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan extended the hours at the provinces free legal clinics during Pro Bono Week 2008.
- Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon's Inner City coordinated an appreciation event for lawyers volunteering at a weekly free legal clinic in Saskatoon.
- Check out the American Bar Association Celebration Events Ideas
The sky is the limit, tell us about your ideas and events for National Pro Bono Week 2009!
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