Editing Pro bono (section)

===United Kingdom===
Since 2003, many UK law firms and [[law school]]s have celebrated an annual Pro Bono Week, which encourages [[solicitor]]s and [[barrister]]s to offer ''pro bono'' services and increases general awareness of ''pro bono'' service.<ref>Dyer, Clare. "Win or lose, no fee: pro bono week promotes free legal services." [https://www.theguardian.com/law/story/0,,1790285,00.html Pro Bono work.] The Guardian. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2007.</ref><ref>Dowell, Katy. "Attorney General sets up global pro bono database." [https://archive.today/20120920004520/http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=135731 Pro bono week.] The Lawyer.17 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.</ref> LawWorks (the operating name for the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) is a national charity that works with solicitors and law students, encouraging and supporting them in carrying out legal pro bono work. It also acts as a clearing house for ''pro bono'' casework. Individuals and community groups may apply to the charity for free legal advice and mediation, where they could not otherwise afford to pay and are not entitled to [[legal aid]].<ref name="LawWorks">{{cite web |url= http://www.lawworks.org.uk/ |title=LawWorks - The Solicitors Pro Bono Group - Pro Bono Support across England and Wales provided by solicitors, mediators and law students |access-date=15 October 2012}}</ref> Advocates for International Development, which exclusively brokers international ''pro bono'' contributing towards the [[Sustainable Development Goals]], operates from a London base.<ref name="A4ID">{{cite web |url= http://a4id.org/content/contact-us |title=A4ID |access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref> Many barristers offer ''pro bono'' services as a direct response the Legal Aid cuts brought by [[LASPO]] 2012, from which they make no profit.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Secret Barrister|date=4 April 2019 |publisher=Picador|isbn=978-1509841141}}</ref> The Bar Council has revealed that just under a quarter of the bar offer pro bono; this is 3,486 barristers. Additionally, in 2018, the Bar contributed almost 11,000 hours of ''pro bono'' work.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pro bono|url=https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/policy-representation/policy-issues/pro-bono.html}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, a collaboration between local intellectual property organizations called IP Pro Bono offers intellectual property advice and legal support for claimants and defendants in intellectual property disputes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Site |url=https://www.ipprobono.org.uk/ |access-date=2021-12-31 |website=www.ipprobono.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>