PRINTER'S NO. 4525
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1056
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, KAUFFMAN, BOBACK, BROOKS, BURNS,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, FREEMAN, GREEN, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN,
JAMES, KINSEY, KORTZ, KULIK, LONGIETTI, MADDEN, MILLARD,
MURT, NEILSON, RYAN, SANCHEZ, SCHMITT, SONNEY AND WILLIAMS,
OCTOBER 19, 2020
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 19, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 25 through 31, 2020, as "Pro
Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The 12th 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 lawyers make in their communities,
recruit and train more pro bono volunteers and 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 the
American Bar Association to sponsor this October's annual
"National Pro Bono Week"; 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
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Pro Bono Week" with numerous events being held across this
Commonwealth, including both virtually and face-to-face legal
aid clinics; and
WHEREAS, The 2020 national and Pennsylvania celebrations may
look different than years past, and that planning is difficult
when the future is unknown, but the lawyers of this Commonwealth
know that there is an even greater urgency this year for pro
bono services to those in need; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of October 25 through 31, 2020, as "Pro Bono Week" in
Pennsylvania.
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