THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY GRELL, OCTOBER 3, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 3, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Designating the week of October 21 through 27, 2012, as "Pro

Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania attorneys provide legal assistance at

low or 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 fourth annual National Pro Bono Week will be

celebrated at the end of October 2012; 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

National Pro Bono Week celebrations; and

WHEREAS, National Pro Bono Week provides numerous

opportunities to highlight the good work Pennsylvania attorneys

do for the most needy among us; and

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is a leader in celebrating National Pro

Bono Week with what have become annual events at many sites

across this Commonwealth, from already scheduled events such as

the Berks County Pro Bono Celebration on October 23, 2012, in

Reading and the Pennsylvania Bar Association's seventh Annual

Diversity Summit on October 26, 2012, to many more events still

in the planning; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the

week of October 21 through 27, 2012, as "Pro Bono Week" in

Pennsylvania.