There were more reasons than ever for lawyers to turn their attention to pro bono work in 2017. In the wake of the 2016 U.S. election, political turmoil—in the form of travel bans and military bans and gerrymandering and so many other hot-button issues—drove lawyers to use their skills to fight for clients in need. Along the way, the Am Law 200 turned in more than 5 million hours of pro bono work.
As our Pro Bono Survey shows, in the form of a series of rankings that details the year’s efforts from every angle, the nation’s largest firms brought their resources to bear in 2017. And as the stories that comprise this package show, those resources made a difference. Lawyers helped deliver justice to individuals and groups that might not have found it otherwise, and in the process they came together as a profession to remind one another about the importance of pro bono work.
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