A survey by the Pro Bono Institute at Georgetown University Law Center found that pro bono hours increased by 13% in 2008 among 135 of the firms involved in the institute’s Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge — a jump the report called “extraordinary.”
That report follows earlier findings by NLJ affiliate The American Lawyer, which surveyed the 200 largest grossing firms and found that they spent more time in 2008 than ever before on pro bono matters. The publication found, for example, that at nearly half of the firms surveyed, lawyers committed 20 hours or more to pro bono last year and on average spent more than 60 hours on pro bono matters.
