PRINTER'S NO. 2170
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
461
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, OCTOBER 18, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 18, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of October 23 through 29, 2016, as "Pro
Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania attorneys provide legal assistance at
low cost or no cost, commonly referred to as "pro bono" work, to
more than 100,000 low-income clients each year; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania attorneys annually handle 10,000
mortgage foreclosure cases and 12,000 domestic violence cases on
a pro bono basis; and
WHEREAS, The last week of October 2016 marks the 78th
"National Pro Bono Week"; and
WHEREAS, "National Pro Bono Week" is an opportunity to
highlight the differences lawyers make in their communities, to
recruit and train more pro bono volunteers and to acknowledge
the partnerships that form the basis for many of the private
bar's most successful pro bono efforts; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Bar Association is joining with the
American Bar Association to sponsor this October's annual
"National Pro Bono Week" celebration; and
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WHEREAS, "National Pro Bono Week" provides numerous
opportunities to highlight the good work Pennsylvania attorneys
do for the neediest among us; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is a leader in celebrating "National
Pro Bono Week," with reoccurring annual events at many sites
across this Commonwealth, from already scheduled events such as
the Berks County Pro Bono Celebration on October 25, 2016, in
Reading and the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Statewide Jeans
for Justice initiative on October 28, 2016, to many more planned
events; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of October 23
through 29, 2016, as "Pro Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.
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