PRINTER'S NO. 2613
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
574
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY STEPHENS, BAKER, SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI, DRISCOLL,
BIZZARRO, MURT, CALTAGIRONE, SONNEY, DUSH, SOLOMON, READSHAW,
V. BROWN, BOBACK, ENGLISH AND MILLARD, OCTOBER 19, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 19, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of October 22 through 28, 2017, 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, including 10,000
mortgage foreclosure cases and 12,000 domestic violence cases;
and
WHEREAS, The ninth 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
"National Pro Bono Week" celebrations; 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 the Driver's License Clinic in
Dauphin County on October 23, 2017, to the Pennsylvania Bar
Association's Statewide Jeans for Justice initiative on October
27, 2017; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of October 22 through 28, 2017, as "Pro Bono Week" in
Pennsylvania.
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