Resources

All lawyers, whether in private practice, in the public sector or in the corporate world face unique challenges when performing pro bono work.  These resources are collected from a variety of sources and represent ideas, solutions, policy guidelines, and expertise to assist pro bono lawyers in meeting these challenges.

Making the Business Case for Pro Bono

Esther f. Lardent (February 2000)

Doing Well By Doing Good

Kelly Doyle (May 2006)

Practicing Pro Bono

Kelly Doyle (2007)

Transforming Advocacy

Kelly Doyle (2007)

Legal Organizations and Access to Justice Activities in Ontario

The paper was presented at an Access to Justice Symposium in 2013. It provides a description of organizations in Ontario and a few National ones and the work that they are doing in order to enhance access to justice in Ontario.

Pro Bono Law - A Solution is Community Partnership

A Guide to Developing a Community-Based Pro Bono Program. (Adrianne Louise Boothroyd, MA Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, BC Division for Pro Bono Law of British Columbia, 2005)

Mapping Pro Bono in Australia

National Pro Bono Resource Centre (2007)

Lex Mundi: A Guide for Pro Bono Services of Lex Mundi Member Firms

Lex Mundi Pro Bono Guide offering suggestions for how firms can best adopt and implement pro bono policies, including sample definitions, suggestions for committee structure, approval criteria, supervision and examples of pro bono initiatives

Best Practices for Pro Bono Delivery Programs in British Columbia

ProBono Law of BC

LAWPRO - E&O Insurance

Coverage for pro bono professional services depends on your current insurance status as well as on the type of pro bono professional services you provide. Please choose one of the boxes below to read the details.

LawPRO

Website: lawpro.ca/insurance/Practice_type/probono.asp

practicePRO

Website: practicepro.ca/information/probono.asp