DLA Piper is a founding signatory of the Pro Bono Pledge Ireland

DLA Piper is proud to be one of the founding signatories of the Pro Bono Pledge Ireland, the first collaborative effort in Ireland to articulate the shared professional responsibility of lawyers to promote access to justice and to provide pro bono legal assistance to those in need.

The Pledge was developed by an independent grouping of law firms, barristers, and in-house legal teams with a presence in the Republic of Ireland who have come together to affirm their commitment to delivering pro bono services in Ireland. The Pledge is coordinated by PILA (the Public Interest Law Alliance, a project of Free Legal Advice Centres). The Pledge is being supported by the Bar of Ireland, The Law Society of Ireland, and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association.

All firms that sign up to the Pledge commit to a minimum aspirational target of 20 pro bono hours per lawyer per year, as well as acknowledging a common definition of pro bono and engaging with a mechanism to benchmark progress in the area through annual reporting of anonymous data.

Maura Dineen, Partner, said: “This is an important initiative that we are very pleased to support. DLA Piper’s commitment to pro bono continues to be strong and we are proud to be a founding signatory of this pledge here in Ireland. The Pro Bono Pledge Ireland is a great opportunity for the local legal industry to join together in committing to help those who need it most.”

To find out more and read the Pledge in full, please visit the Pro Bono Pledge website.