Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge Reports® examine the pro bono performance of signatories to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge initiative. Signatories to the Challenge have committed to contribute 3 or 5 percent (or at a few firms, 60 or 100 hours per attorney) of their annual total paying client billable hours to legal pro bono services as defined by the Challenge and report their performance to the PBI Law Firm Pro Bono Project initiative each year.
In 2023, 120 participating firms performed a total of 5,076,659 hours of pro bono work, a 2.5 percent increase from 2022. This significant contribution places Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge signatories past a significant milestone since the Challenge began in 1995 – accumulating over 100 million hours of pro bono service over the life of the Challenge.
View the latest Law Firm Challenge Report.
View the 2023 Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge Report.
To access previous Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge Reports, visit the Resource Clearinghouse.
Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® Reports examine the pro bono performance of signatories to the Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO) Challenge initiative. Signatories to the CPBO Challenge® initiative have committed to encourage at least 50 percent of their legal department staff to engage in legal pro bono services annually and report their performance to the CPBO project each year.
This year, the data from CPBO Challenge® signatories shows that pro bono participation by in-house legal departments is on the rise.
On average, the pro bono participation rate for 2023 for all survey respondents was 53 percent for U.S. lawyers, 41 percent for U.S. legal staff, and 35 percent for lawyers outside of the U.S. These percentages are all at the highest levels since the pandemic.
View the latest CPBO Challenge Report.
View the 2023 CPBO Challenge Report.
To access previous CPBO Challenge Reports, visit the Resource Clearinghouse.
