
'Access to justice'
With the erosion of legal aid, the cost of living crisis and an increasing business focus on ESG, the role of pro bono legal advice is increasingly in the spotlight. In response to escalating demand, leading GCs have banded together to launch a scheme they hope will rise to the challenge.
General counsel from FTSE 100 companies and other large UK businesses have signed the UK In House Pro Bono Pledge, committing their organisations to engage with pro bono work and bolster their ESG initiatives.