Pro Bono Week celebrates its 20th anniversary this year

Pro Bono Week 20^th anniversary announced

The 20^th annual Pro Bono Week will take place from 1 to 5 November 2021, offering an opportunity to recognise and support the voluntary contribution made by the legal profession across the UK in giving free legal help to those in need. 

This milestone anniversary will be a pivotal moment to look ahead to the next twenty years of pro bono whilst also shining a spotlight on some of the key moments and cases from the past two decades. This look to the future will also coincide with the focus on climate change taking place in November with the 26^th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.

As in previous years, during Pro Bono Week organisations will be encouraged to organise events, comms and publications which focus on one of three topics:

• Celebrating pro bono: commending those who give back and recent successes in pro bono.
• Pro bono pathways: exploring the different ways lawyers can volunteer throughout their careers.
• Effective pro bono: sharing best practice and discussing what makes an effective pro bono service.

Law firms, chambers, legal societies, charities, in-house lawyers, law schools and universities are encouraged to plan events or comms campaigns, both internal or external, to take place throughout the week. Many organisations will also take the opportunity to publish reports or launch new initiatives to an engaged pro bono audience. Events will be a mixture of online, in-person and hybrid events.

Pro Bono Week 2020 saw over 50 events take place across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, involving over 2,000 attendees from all branches of the legal profession.

For more information and support visit www.probonoweek.org.uk