2025 ABA Pro Bono Publico Awards
Watch this space for infromation about our recipients and the award presentation!
Pro Bono Publico Award
Each year the Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service presents five awards to individual lawyers and institutions in the legal profession that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged.
About the Award
The Pro Bono Publico Awards are presented during the ABA Annual Meeting. The awards program seeks to identify and honor individual lawyers and small and large law firms, government attorney offices, corporate law departments and other institutions in the legal profession that have enhanced the human dignity of others by improving or delivering volunteer legal services to our nation's poor and disadvantaged. These services are of critical importance to the increasing number of people in this country living in a state of poverty who need legal representation to improve their lives.
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2024 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award Recipients
The Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service recognized five recipients of the ABA Pro Bono Publico Award at a lunch on Monday, August 5, 2024 during the ABA Annual Meeting. We invite you to watch the videos about their exemplary committment to pro bono legal services and to read their personal statements about their pro bono work and ethos.
Past Recipients
The commitment, energy and new approaches to the delivery of pro bono service demonstrated by past recipients serve as models for others in the legal profession.
Other Awards
The ABA has several other Pro Bono and Public Service Awards
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