As the National Celebration of Pro Bono comes to an end, several legal aid organizations are reporting that pro bono work actually increased during the COVID-19 pandemic as more remote volunteering opportunities became available.
The Pro Bono Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, said in the latest report on its Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge initiative that 123 firms performed a total of 5.4 million hours of pro bono work in 2020, while 127 firms reported a total of nearly 5 million hours of pro bono work in 2019.
Reuters covered the results.
