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Olswang ups pro bono hours by 6% as value soars to £1.3m

Olswang has more than doubled the value of pro bono advice handed out by its lawyers in 2011-12 compared with the previous year to more than £1m. The firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) report shows the UK top 30 firm carried out £1.3m of pro bono legal advice during the last financial year, compared with £518,692 during 2010-11.
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Hogan Lovells CSR report shows pro bono hours fell 15% last year

Hogan Lovells' staff carried out 15% fewer pro bono hours in 2011 than the previous calendar year, according to the firm's most recent Citizenship Report, an annual briefing detailing corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The report shows that during 2011, the firm, which employed 5,069 full-time equivalent staff in 2011, recorded a total of 104,047 pro bono hours across 40 of its 43 offices wordwide, compared with 122,935 hours across the same amount of offices in 2010.
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Pro bono panellists tackle Olympic disputes as legal contests kick off

Firms and chambers including Charles Russell, Farrer & Co and 4 New Square have taken roles on a trio of Olympic disputes after last year winning spots on a pro bono panel to provide legal advice during the Games. The London 2012 Pro Bono Service, which was set up to provide free legal advice to Olympic participants, comprises a line-up of nine law firms, chambers and advocates, with the first three cases handled by the panel covering selection and doping disputes.
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South African lawyers express concern over Government proposals to cap fees

South African lawyers could face their legal fees being capped under controversial new Government proposals designed to improve access to legal services in the country and make the profession more representative.
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Change in the air - the lawyers helping poorer countries to plug into the UN

A band of lawyers are putting their heads together to help the world's least developed countries understand the impact of UN talks. Sofia Lind reports,,,
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Freshfields values 2011 pro bono efforts at £8.8m in annual report

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has seen the amount of time devoted to pro bono and volunteering work by partners and employees fall by 11% over the last year, according to its 2010-11 corporate responsibility (CR) report. The firm dedicated 49,743 hours worth £8.79m to pro bono and volunteering activities according to the report - with the hours tally significantly down on 2010.
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CSR Initiative/Programme of the Year: Field Fisher Waterhouse

The judging panel was hugely impressed with an initiative by Field Fisher Waterhouse to establish a website that links organisations across the globe seeking pro bono legal advice with lawyers willing to give it. Like many of the best corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the idea to launch i-Probono bubbled up from the firm's grassroots.
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Constructive creations - National Grid's GC's unusual move into children's stories

National Grid GC Helen Mahy's stories were family folklore, but when she introduced the characters to youth offenders during company-sponsored art therapy, she found a new audience. Caroline Hill reports
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CC report reveals rising partner pro bono efforts and 2010-11 finances

Clifford Chance's (CC) partners increased their pro bono contributions by 31% last year, with the firm as a whole investing hours valued at a total of £17.8m in pro bono work during 2010-11. The figures are contained within CC's annual corporate responsibility report, which states that the magic circle firm invested a total of 58,368 hours in pro bono and community activities during the year, up 2% from the figure of 57,071 hours reported last year.
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US firms in London to join diversity initiative; more UK firms get on board

PRIME, the ground-breaking social mobility initiative launched by 23 major law firms earlier this month, looks set to be expanded to include the London offices of several leading US firms, with White & Case and Shearman & Sterling among those lining up to get involved.
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