PRINTER'S NO. 4065
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1099
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, WATSON, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
DALEY, DEASY, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL, DUSH, ENGLISH,
HILL-EVANS, KAVULICH, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, MARSICO, MILLARD,
NEILSON, READSHAW, RYAN AND SONNEY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 21 through 27, 2018, as "Pro
Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania attorneys provide legal assistance at
little to no cost, commonly referred to as "pro bono" work, to
more than 100,000 low-income clients each year, including 10,000
mortgage foreclosure cases and 12,000 domestic violence cases;
and
WHEREAS, The 10th annual "National Pro Bono Week" is being
celebrated at the end of October; and
WHEREAS, "National Pro Bono Week" is an opportunity to
highlight the differences attorneys 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
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"National Pro Bono Week" celebrations; and
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 annual events at many sites across this
Commonwealth, from already scheduled events, including the Berks
County Bar Association's "Pro-Bono Celebration" on October 23,
2018, in Wyomissing and the Bucks County Bar Association's CLE
Program and "Pro Bono Award Presentation and Reception" on
October 24, 2018, in Doylestown, to many more events still in
planning; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of October 21 through 27, 2018, as "Pro Bono Week" in
Pennsylvania.
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