Book contents
- Global Pro Bono
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Global Pro Bono
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter One What Is Global about Pro Bono and What Is Global Pro Bono About?
- Part One The Americas
- Part Two Europe
- Chapter Six Le Pro Bono: The Development of Legal Volunteerism in Europe
- Chapter Seven An Explosion of Legal Philanthropy? The Transformation of Pro Bono Legal Services in England and Wales
- Chapter Eight No lawyers without Generosity: lessons on pro bono from france
- Chapter Nine Narrowing the Justice Gap: Clearinghouses for Spain
- Chapter Ten Pro Bono in Portugal
- Chapter Eleven Lawyers’ Pro Bono Work in Denmark
- Part Three OCEANIA
- Part Four Africa
- Part Five Asia
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Chapter Six - Le Pro Bono: The Development of Legal Volunteerism in Europe
from Part Two - Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2022
- Global Pro Bono
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Global Pro Bono
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter One What Is Global about Pro Bono and What Is Global Pro Bono About?
- Part One The Americas
- Part Two Europe
- Chapter Six Le Pro Bono: The Development of Legal Volunteerism in Europe
- Chapter Seven An Explosion of Legal Philanthropy? The Transformation of Pro Bono Legal Services in England and Wales
- Chapter Eight No lawyers without Generosity: lessons on pro bono from france
- Chapter Nine Narrowing the Justice Gap: Clearinghouses for Spain
- Chapter Ten Pro Bono in Portugal
- Chapter Eleven Lawyers’ Pro Bono Work in Denmark
- Part Three OCEANIA
- Part Four Africa
- Part Five Asia
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Summary
At an international conference on access to justice hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in 2000, Jean-Luc Bedos, a partner in the Paris office of Dentons and a founder of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Droits D’Urgence, stated point blank: “Pro bono does not exist in France.” In the same presentation, Bedos mentioned that four hundred volunteer lawyers were working with his NGO to provide legal assistance to “sans-papiers” immigrants, obviously seeing no contradiction between the two statements. About a dozen years later, PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law would honor Bedos and two other French lawyers for their pioneering work in building pro bono culture in Europe, and Bedos now serves on the board of directors of PILnet, which has become the leading promoter of pro bono practice in Europe.
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- Global Pro BonoCauses, Context, and Contestation, pp. 215 - 268Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022