Thursday, 26 November
9am-10am
Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, will launch ‘Pro Bono Pledge Ireland’ – a new initiative which asks the legal profession to commit to promoting access to justice by providing free legal assistance to those in need.
The Pledge is being supported by the Bar of Ireland, The Law Society of Ireland and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association. The Chair of the Bar of Ireland, Maura McNally SC, and the President of The Law Society of Ireland, James Cahill, will also speak at the event.
The Pledge was developed by an independent grouping of law firms, barristers and in-house legal teams with a presence in the Republic of Ireland who have come together to affirm their commitment to delivering pro bono services in Ireland. The Pledge is coordinated by PILA (the Public Interest Law Alliance, a project of FLAC).
The Pledge provides a common definition of pro bono legal work, a commitment to a minimum aspirational target of 20 pro bono hours per lawyer per year and a mechanism to benchmark progress through annual reporting of anonymous pro bono data.
See more at www.probonopledge.ie.