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NLJ this week: Supporting pro bono

04 November 2022
Issue: 8001 / Categories: Legal News , Pro Bono , Charities , Profession , International justice
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It’s Pro Bono Week 2022 next week (7-11 November). Firm supporter NLJ features two articles this week which illustrate the important difference pro bono work can make.

Advocates for International Development (A4ID) sets out the role played by the global charity and the kind of work it does. A4ID matches international legal expertise with local need for pro bono assistance in more than 100 jurisdictions. Read more about A4ID here.

Rebecca Wilkinson, CEO, LawWorks, the pro bono group for solicitors, sets out the business case for pro bono, such as enhanced recruitment and retention, job satisfaction and attracting clients. See Rebecca's article here.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
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