The 2024 Pro Bono Report

The Pro Bono Report is the definitive ranking of pro bono efforts across Am Law 200 firms. Published each July through the efforts of Law.com Compass and The American Lawyer editorial team, this report tracks the total number of pro bono hours performed both domestically and internationally as well as the average number of hours per lawyer and the number of lawyers who performed more than 20 hours of pro bono service for the year.

Across 120 responding law firms, pro bono hours continued on a steady climb in 2023, though these investments still don't quite match levels seen pre-pandemic and in 2020. Pro bono work at responding firms totaled 5.15 million hours in 2023—2.8% more than 2022, and 12.2% more than 2021. However, the total for 2023 is still well behind the 2020 mark of 5.45 million hours. Nevertheless, firms tackled a range of issues last year, working on behalf of veterans, migrants, members of the LGBTQ+ community and the incarcerated.

Below are all the rankings and analysis from the 2024 Pro Bono Report, including a special look at firms\' investment in asylum work. The past three years of the Pro Bono Report can be found at the bottom of this page.