The Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales

The Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales is an initiative that recognises barristers and solicitors who have given 25 or more hours of pro bono legal assistance in the previous calendar year.

Published annually, the Recognition List seeks to recognise and celebrate those in the legal profession working to ensure access to justice.

The Recognition List was set up under the aegis of the Attorney General’s Pro Bono Committee, with support from the Bar Council, the Law Society, and all the major pro bono organisations. The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, is the Patron of the Pro Bono Recognition List.

Advocate is delighted to be collecting submissions on behalf of the Bar.

·       If you have completed 25+ hours of pro bono work in 2024, and would like to appear on the Pro Bono Recognition List for this year, please submit your name here.

·       Alternatively, chambers can make a bulk submission on behalf of all its members and send it to Advocate before the deadline. Bulk submissions can be made using a downloaded copy of this form, and sent to recognition@weareadvocate.org.uk before the deadline.

The deadline for submissions for the 2025 Recognition List is Friday 7^th March 2025.

Last year’s Pro Bono Recognition List can be viewed here. It featured a total of 3,746 lawyers who had made this considerable pro bono contribution, 483 of whom were barristers.

We know there is so much pro bono work happening at the Bar. Let’s make sure the 2025 Recognition List reflects that- submit your name to the 2025 List here.

Further details: 

• For further enquiries about the Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales, see the website and FAQ section here, or email any questions to recognition@weareadvocate.org.uk.

Thank you, from all of us, for supporting access to justice.