CBA Record October 2017

PRO BONOWEEK 2017– FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY

By Justice Michael B. Hyman

Pro Bono Week 2017 For the Sake of the Community

T he theme of the CBA and CBF’s 13 th Annual Pro Bono Week, Octo- ber 23–27, is “For the Sake of the Community.”This year’s theme focuses on how lawyers, through pro bono engage- ment, positively impact our community, especially those neighborhoods that expe-

While taking on pro bono matters provides support and critical legal services to low-income and underserved individu- als, its effect goes well beyond individual clients. Performing pro bono services rever- berates through a family and, often, the entire community. It ensures that access to

rience heightened crime and violence due to the lack of adequate infrastructure and resources. The profession, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has said, “must devote itself first to the community it is responsible to serve.”

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