Bar Pro Bono Unit
The Bar Pro Bono Unit is a charity which helps to find pro bono (free) legal assistance from volunteer barristers.
We can assist with:
- advice, representation and help at mediation
- cases in all legal areas
- cases where proceedings have not yet been started
- cases in all tribunals and courts in England and Wales
Pro bono assistance is only available to those who cannot afford to pay and who cannot obtain public funding (Legal Aid).
For examples of the types of case in which the Unit can give assistance, please visit the case examples page.
For additional introductory information about the Unit, please visit the overview page.
"I'm so grateful the Bar Pro Bono Unit exists and even more grateful I have met lawyers who work through it with such generosity of spirit that our faith in mankind is once again restored."
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| Call us: | 020 7092 3960 (Lines open Mon, Wed and Fri between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm) |
Email us: | enquiries@barprobono.org.uk |
Write to us: | Bar Pro Bono Unit The National Pro Bono Centre 48 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JF
DX 188 London Chancery Lane
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LawWorks is based in the National Pro Bono Centre. The Centre houses the profession's national clearing houses for legal pro bono work delivered in England and Wales: the Bar Pro Bono Unit, LawWorks and ILEX Pro Bono Forum. It is designed to be a "hub" for pro bono charities in the sector and supports the wide range of pro bono projects and brokerage which the charities support, helping individuals and community groups all over England and Wales.
Our Mission Statement
"We are LawWorks - the country’s leading legal pro bono charity for solicitors, in-house counsel, mediators and students.
Working in partnership, we identify need, broker casework and connect volunteer
lawyers with communities nationwide. Every year, we enable hundreds of
voluntary organisations and tens of thousands of individuals to benefit from
the support of over 25,000 lawyers.
Working in partnership, we identify need, broker casework and connect volunteer
lawyers with communities nationwide. Every year, we enable hundreds of
voluntary organisations and tens of thousands of individuals to benefit from
the support of over 25,000 lawyers.
We build links. We innovate and inspire. We ensure access to free legal expertise for those with nowhere else to go. Working with the best of the legal profession, we help lawyers to help those in need.
LawWorks. At the heart of legal volunteering."
LawWorks is a charity which aims to provide free legal help to individuals and community groups who cannot afford to pay for it and who are unable to access legal aid.
In the last year LawWorks helped provide free legal advice to over 40,000 people and around 350 voluntary sector organisations.
We work with just under 100 member law firms and teams of in-house counsel, as well as mediators, law students and solicitors who have been made redundant (see our Choices project), involving them all in pro bono work.
LawWorks is the operating name of the Solicitors Pro Bono Group.
“IT'S JUST FANTASTIC - HAVE USED IT A FEW TIMES AND WE HAVE SAVED THOUSANDS OF POUNDS IN LEGAL FEES. THE QUALITY OF SERVICE IS ALSO ALWAYS SUPERB.”
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General Contact Details
LawWorks
National Pro Bono Centre
48 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1JF
Switchboard: 020 7092 3940
National Pro Bono Centre
48 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1JF
Switchboard: 020 7092 3940
E-mail: enquiries@lawworks.org.uk
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