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2021 City Bar Justice Center Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award!

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What We Do

Through the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee, we offer attorneys many opportunities to provide pro bono legal advice and support to underserved individuals, communities and organization. 

In 2022, Willkie attorneys worked on more than 560 pro bono matters with over 190 new pro bono matters opened in 2022 alone.

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Awards & Recognition
Wesley R. Powell and Willkie Win NYSBA 2023 Outstanding Pro Bono Service Awards
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Awards & Recognition
Willkie Wins The National Law Journal 2022 ESG and Community Impact Award
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Awards & Recognition
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund Names Willkie Pro Bono Partner of Year

  • Willkie is a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute’s Law Firm Challenge, committing to annually contributing a minimum amount of pro bono time equal to 3 percent of the firm’s total billable hours or 60 hours per attorney to pro bono work.
  • Willkie is also a signatory to the Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas, committing to an average of 20 hours of pro bono work annually per attorney.
    • As a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute Law Firm Challenge and the Pro Bono Declaration of the Americas, Willkie consistently exceeds their benchmarks.
  • Willkie is consistently recognized by the D.C. Circuit at its annual 40 at 50: Judicial Pro Bono Recognition Event, which recognizes firms where at least 40% of a firm’s D.C. lawyers perform at least 50 hours of qualifying pro bono legal service in a given year.
  • Willkie has dozens of attorneys, admitted to the New York bar, who provide 50 or more hours of pro bono service annually, who are recognized each year by the New York State Bar Association as Empire State Counsel® honorees.
  • Willkie attorneys, admitted to the D.C. bar, who provide 50 or more hours of pro bono service annually, are recognized each year by the D.C. Court of Appeals on the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll.
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