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  1. Attorney General launched Pro Bono Week Ireland 2022     Issued 29 November 2022 Attorney General Paul Gallagher SC last week launched a series of events celebrating the role played by volunteer lawyers in supporting civil society and human rights …
  2. Launch of inaugural Pro Bono Pledge Ireland Impact Report 2022     Issued 24 November 2022 The Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) has published the inaugural Pro Bono pledge Ireland Impact Report 2022. The report, which covers the first year of reporting for the …
  3. In association with PILA, McCann FitzGerald LLP launches new data protection guide for NGOs     Issued 23 November 2022 McCann FitzGerald LLP has launched a new data protection guide designed specifically for NGOs at an event to mark Pro Bono Week Ireland, in association with the Public …
  4. Over 70 signatories, representing in excess of 2000 legal professionals, come together to pledge free legal services for those who need it most     Issued 26 November 2020 Minister of State for Law Reform, James Browne – on behalf of Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee – today launched ‘Pro Bono Pledge Ireland’ – a new initiative …
  5. FLAC project launches impact report on ten years of promoting public interest law     Issued 13 October 2020 FLAC project, PILA (Public Interest Law Alliance) is today launching an impact report highlighting some of the positive change achieved through the project over a decade and …
  6. Irish legal profession celebrates inaugural Pro Bono Week and calls for increased participation in pro bono     Issued 5 November 2019 Tuesday 5 November saw the launch of the first Pro Bono Week in Ireland, a collaboration between leading law firms A&L Goodbody and Arthur Cox and pro bono organisations …
  7. Launch of new report on lessons from a pro bono partnership between Focus Ireland, Mercy Law Resource Centre and A&L Goodbody     Issued 18 April 2019 Focus Ireland, A&L Goodbody, Mercy Law Resource Centre and PILA (Public Interest Law Alliance, a project of FLAC) today (18th April 2019) launched “Housing Rights and …
  8. President Michael D Higgins opens new FLAC head office in Dublin     Issued 25 February 2019 A better and more comprehensive system of legal aid, as well as securing the availability of legal aid for cases where none is available, is required to begin to meet the …
  9. 25,817 received legal information and advice in 2017     Issued 11 September 2018 Top queries: family law, employment law, wills/probate and housing 103 casefiles: housing, social welfare and discrimination Call for wider powers to be given to the Courts …
  10. 25,700 people received information and legal advice in 2016     Issued 31 July 2017 Top queries: family law, housing, employment law Welcome for reversal cuts to District Court private practitioner panel Call for end to legal aid fees in Domestic Violence …

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