National Pro Bno Week 2006

 National Pro Bono Week 2006 Feature
 "The fifth National Pro Bono Week runs from 5-9 June 2006. It will
promote the voluntary contributions made by lawyers who provide
free help and advice to those who need it. The focus for 2006 is
on innovative ways of delivering help, the role of young lawyers
and the increasing number of projects designed to improve public
knowledge and understanding of the law and the legal system.
 
Find out more at http://www.probonouk.net
 
Remember, pro bono work is not a replacement for a proper publicly
funded system of legal services."
 
National Pro Bono Week, 5-9 June 2006
Law Society Press Release
1 June 2006
The London bombing victims, a community dispute over a land fill
site in Nottingham and shaping the legal future of Kosovo – all
examples of how pro bono (free) legal work has helped change
people's lives.  National Pro Bono Week, now in its fifth year, is
a unique collaboration between solicitors, barristers and legal
executives to offer free help where legal aid isn't available.
 
Pro Bono: Do Lawyers Now Have Compassion Fatigue?
Time Law Supplement Article
6 June 2006
"Three years ago pro bono was "riding high", says Christopher
Digby-Bell, Law Society council member. "But recently pro bono has
lost some of its glitter particularly outside the big City and
regional firms."  Digby-Bell is critical of the "politicisation"
of pro bono and believes that Napier's appointment as envoy is an
example of allowing government "a foothold". "Instead of attacking
the Government over legal aid cuts and its failure to improve
access to justice, some lawyers appeared to be compromising pro
bono by offering to share it with the very people who were curbing
free legal services," he argues."