N.C. Pro Bono Resource Center Announces 2024 Pro Bono Honor Society Inductees
The NC PBRC announces the induction of 1,304 attorneys into the 2024 North Carolina Attorney Pro Bono Society and 27 paralegals into the 2024 North Carolina Paralegal Pro Bono Honor Society.
The North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center (PBRC) is proud to announce the induction of 1,304 attorneys into the 2024 North Carolina Attorney Pro Bono Honor Society. Society members reported providing 50 or more hours of pro bono legal services in 2024 to clients unable to pay without expectation of a fee, an aspirational goal set by Rule 6.1 of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct.
The PBRC launched in April 2016, and began collecting responses from attorneys about pro bono involvement through the state’s first voluntary reporting process in January 2017. A program of the North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission, the PBRC works to increase North Carolina attorneys’ pro bono legal service as a way to meet the legal needs of people of low-income and modest means in our state.
For the second year, the PBRC partnered with the North Carolina State Bar to integrate the voluntary pro bono reporting process into its dues renewal form. Of North Carolina’s approximately 29,000 attorneys, over 7,800 reported donating at least one hour of pro bono service in 2024.
Each member of this year’s cohort of the Attorney Honor Society will receive a certificate from the Supreme Court of North Carolina in recognition of their valuable contributions to the people of North Carolina. These certificates will be mailed out in late October in conjunction with National Pro Bono Week.
The PBRC introduced the Paralegal Pro Bono Honor Society in 2021, and since then 84 paralegals have reported donating more than 50 hours of pro bono service, leading to recognition by the PBRC through the North Carolina Paralegal Pro Bono Honor Society. All Paralegal Honor Society members will receive a certificate from the PBRC recognizing their service.
“Thank you to NC attorneys and paralegals who volunteered to share their time and skills to help address unmet legal needs. You play an integral role in addressing the access to justice gap.”
Sylvia Novinsky, Director
North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center