PRINTER'S NO. 3897
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1020
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, BIZZARRO, BAKER, HENNESSEY, COOK-ARTIS,
DRISCOLL, FEE, DiGIROLAMO, DUSH, SONNEY, MILLARD, MACKENZIE,
KINSEY, KIRKLAND, JAMES, SCHLOSSBERG, VEREB, WATSON, BULLOCK,
COHEN, HICKERNELL, PAYNE, CALTAGIRONE, READSHAW, ROSS,
GIBBONS, EVERETT, YOUNGBLOOD, ZIMMERMAN, PICKETT, D. COSTA,
ROZZI, MAJOR, LONGIETTI, KAVULICH, MARSICO, SAVAGE, MAHONEY
AND B. MILLER, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 22, 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 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 eighth annual "National Pro Bono Week" will be
celebrated at the end of October 2016; 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
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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 neediest among us; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is a leader in celebrating "National
Pro Bono Week" with recurring 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 events
still in the planning; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of October 23 through 29, 2016, as "Pro Bono Week" in
Pennsylvania.
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