Alex Aldridge goes behind the scenes at CC, winner of the CSR Project of the Year at the 2008 British Legal Awards
Despite its current status as holder of the British Legal Awards CSR project of the year award, Clifford Chance (CC) isn’t the kind of institution you’d immediately associate with community advice clinics and initiatives to help the world’s poor. But during 2007-08 an impressive 54% of the firm’s fee earners (including trainees and paralegals) have been involved in such projects, with more than 10,000 hours of pro bono work recorded out of the Canary Wharf HQ alone during the last year – the same amount a small legal aid solicitor would typically bill.
