How AI is Reshaping the Pro Bono Landscape
August 4, 2026
By Nihad Mansour, Associate Director, Law Firm Pro Bono Project, and Innovation Specialist AI is no longer a theoretical concept in pro bono. Instead, it is an evolving set of tools that organizations are testing, adopting, and in some cases, building themselves. Recent insights from sessions at the Pro Bono Institute (PBI) 2026 Annual Conference, the PBI 2026 Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® Report, and the 2026 Global Pro Bono Guide, a collaboration between Latham & Watkins, PBI, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, show that the question is no longer whether AI belongs in pro bono, but how it can