Bar Pro Bono Awards
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The 2024 Bar Pro Bono Awards took place on Wednesday 8th May 2024. See the full list of winners and the 2024 brochure, which contains more information about the full list of shortlisted nominees.
Since 1997, the Bar Pro Bono Awards have been a unique opportunity in the legal calendar to recognise the remarkable pro bono achievements of the Bar in England and Wales.
The awards recognise those individuals and chambers who have gone above and beyond expectation when undertaking pro bono work to support access to justice.
The increasing variety of pro bono work available means it is increasingly difficult to choose one winner from a set of nominees working in different areas. Therefore, this year we had nine categories in which individuals, initiatives or chambers were selected as winners for:
- Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year - sponsored by Place Campbell
- Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year - sponsored by Westgate Wealth Management
- Pro Bono KC of the Year - sponsored by Hewetson & Co
- International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year - sponsored by Ankura
- Pro Bono Chambers' Professional of the Year - sponsored by the Legal Practice Management Association
- Pro Bono Chambers of the Year - sponsored by ABC Chambers Solutions LLP
- Lifetime Achievement in Pro Bono, the Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award
- Pro Bono and Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year
- John Collins Pro Bono Excellence Award
Our 2024 judges were:
- Sam Townend KC, Chair of the Bar Council
- Julie Bishop, Director of Law Centres Network
- Amrit Dhanoa, Chair of the Young Barristers' Committee
- Lady Carr, the Lady Chief Justice
- The Secret Barrister
- Heidi Stonecliffe KC, Chair of the Employed Barristers' Committee
- Geoffrey Carr, Chair of the Institute of Barristers' Clerks
- Will Tolcher, Global Bar Editor at The Legal 500
- Jemma Tagg, Co-Chair of the Legal Practice Management Association
- Clare Bello, Co-Chair of the Legal Practice Management Association
- Samantha Singer, Co-Chair of the Bar Council Pro Bono and Social Responsibility Group
- Laurie Scher, Co-Chair of the Bar Council Pro Bono and Social Responsibility Group
- Jason Pitter KC, Leader of the North Eastern Circuit
- Lord Goldsmith KC, Founder of Advocate
- Sheila Collins, the widow of the late John Collins
Read more about our shortlisted nominees for the 2024 Bar Pro Bono Awards in this year's brochure.
See our full list of past winners.
For any queries about the awards, please contact awards@weareadvocate.org.uk.