CHICAGO, Oct. 15, 2025 — Legal professionals and legislation corporations throughout the nation will take part in volunteer occasions Oct. 19-25 as a part of the National Celebration of Pro Bono. This 12 months’s theme is “Supporting Communities.”
“Now greater than ever, legal professionals ought to decide to offering professional bono as a result of it is a key factor to entry to justice,” stated ABA President Michelle Behnke. “Entry to justice can also be a key factor of the rule of legislation. If residents are locked out of our methods, they received’t perceive what we’re preventing for once we say that we’re preventing for the rule of legislation.”
Within the 16 years because the nationwide celebration started in 2009, greater than 15,000 professional bono occasions have taken place in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada. Just lately, the nationwide celebration has targeted on particular themes, justice for all in addition to service to victims of home violence, veterans, homeless youth and catastrophe resiliency.
Occasions going down this 12 months embrace:
An inventory of alternatives in every state through the nationwide celebration could be discovered here.
Behnke will give a video welcome on the Celebrating Champions of Justice & Service reception for the ABA Pro Bono Publico Awards offered by the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Bono and Public Service and the Sharon L. Corbitt and Judith S. Kaye Awards offered by the ABA Fee on Home and Sexual Violence in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29.
ABA Giving Day is also held through the Celebration of Professional Bono. The Oct. 23 occasion, organized by the ABA Fund for Justice and Schooling, raises consideration and helps practically 50 ABA applications that assist others via public service, coverage initiatives and schooling.
