The Law Society is to appoint a pro bono co-ordinator to champion lawyers’ pro bono activity at home and abroad.
The society is also sponsoring a new pro bono project manager, to be recruited by LawWorks, who will develop student pro bono services throughout England and Wales and integrate new and existing services into the LawWorks framework.
Robert Gill, LawWorks chief executive, says: “The new law schools student post will provide a central resource enabling LawWorks to assist and coordinate law schools and students who wish to extend and/or develop pro bono services.”
Des Hudson, Law Society chief executive, says: “These posts will play a crucial role in promoting pro bono among the profession and developing a more focused approach to this area of work. They will provide firms keen to do pro bono work with the information and support they need.”
The Law Society is also recruiting an international projects manager to co-ordinate its international legal development projects activity.
