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Bar Pro Bono Unit acts as a clearing house, matching
barristers prepared to undertake pro bono work with
those who cannot afford to pay for the assistance sought
or obtain public funding, and need the help a barrister
can provide. The Unit has a pre-volunteered panel of
approximately 2,400 barristers, of which 364 are Queens'
Counsel.
Bar
in the Community is a project that the Bar Pro Bono
Unit undertakes to encourage lawyers, clerks and law
students to participate in volunteering that uses
their legal skills but does not give legal advice.
One of the main roles through this is becoming a trustee
but other opportunities have included discrimination
advisor mentoring, mock trial competitions and debating
projects.
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LawWorks
is a charity which aims to provide free legal help
to individuals and community groups who cannot afford
to pay for it and who are unable to access legal aid.
In the last year LawWorks helped provide free legal
advice to over 40,000 people and around 350 voluntary
sector organisations.
The
organisation works with just over 100 member law firms
and teams of in-house counsel, as well as mediators,
law students and solicitors who have been made redundant,
involving them all in pro bono work. LawWorks is the
operating name of the Solicitors' Pro Bono Group.
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The
aim of the ILEX Pro Bono Forum is to demonstrate and
develop ILEX's commitment to pro bono work. Members
of the Forum consist of Council Members and Members
and Officers of ILEX. The Forum now works closely with
the other legal pro bono providers to co-ordinate and
complement the many different pro bono projects which
operate both nationally and internationally.
ILEX
is also a joint sponsor of National Pro Bono Week
and the National Pro Bono Conference. National Pro
Bono Week promotes and highlights pro bono activities
taking place across the profession and the National
Pro Bono Conference brings together those in the pro
bono community to discuss issues within pro bono.
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