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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    2020 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award Recipients

    The American Bar Association will present awards to three individual lawyers and two organizations for demonstrating outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged.

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    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.

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    Other Awards

    The ABA has several other Pro Bono and Public Service Awards

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