Europe

• 06 June 2013

  Nominations Open for European Award for Partnership in the Public Interest

  PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law is seeking nominations for the third annual European Award for Partnership in the Public Interest, which will recognize the best pro bono legal project (or projects) undertaken jointly between a nongovernmental organization and a law firm in Europe.  Read more

• 22 March 2013

  2012 European Pro Bono Forum Agenda

  PILnet, October 25-26, 2012. The Agenda for the 2012 European Pro Bono Forum held in Madrid, Spain.Read more

• 22 March 2013

  2011 European Pro Bono Forum Agenda

  PILnet, November 17-18, 2011. The Agenda for the 2011 European Pro Bono Forum held in Berlin, Germany. Read more

• 18 January 2013

  Small Mercies: Delivering on the Promise of Child-Friendly Justice

  Children need more than off-the-shelf advocates. Each year, thousands of juveniles across Central and Eastern Europe come face to face with judicial systems that are insensitive to their unique needs and lawyers who are inadequately trained to protect their rights. Read more

• 29 November 2012

  PILnet’s 2nd Annual Hungarian Pro Bono Awards Announced

  The Hungarian legal community joined PILnet and the Hungarian Bar Association on Saturday 24 November in congratulating the winners of the 2012 Annual Hungarian Pro Bono Awards.  Tamás Fazekas was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year and the Budapest office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges was honored as the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year at a ceremony held at the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court.  Read more

• 19 November 2012

  PILnet’s 2012 Forum Underlined Urgent Role for Pro Bono

  From the moment the opening session’s audience fell silent and Spain’s Minister of Justice was ushered to the podium, it was clear that PILnet’s sixth annual European Pro Bono Forum had the potential to be a game-changer. With a record number of participants (more than 350) from a record number of countries (48), the 2012 Forum brought together a deeply engaged community of lawyers and NGO leaders committed to using pro bono to combat the social dislocations of a dire economic time. Read more

• 14 November 2012

  PILnet Announces 2012 European Pro Bono Awards

  Closing the 2012 European Pro Bono Forum on an inspiring high note, PILnet announced the recipients of this year’s European Pro Bono Awards on 26 October in Madrid. Poland’s Filip Czernicki received PILnet’s European Award for Extraordinary Contribution to the Development of Pro Bono Culture; and the Peace Institute (Slovenia) and the Italian attorneys Anton Giulio Lana and Andrea Saccucci won the European Award for Partnership in the Public Interest. Read more
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  24 October 2012

  Addressing Social Justice: The Pro Bono Challenge in Spain

  Madrid is a city of astonishing creativity and optimism, even during hard times. I’m here for PILnet’s 6th annual European Pro Bono Forum, which kicks off this Thursday, 25 October, and already Madrid’s legal and NGO communities have laid out a welcome that’s gracious and inspiring.  Read more

• 15 October 2012

  PILnet Forum Highlights Advent of Pro Bono in Spain

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 October 2012—Offering an unprecedented focus on pro bono in Spain and the broader Spanish-speaking world and looking closely at the impact pro bono can have during a time of economic hardship, the 6th annual European Pro Bono Forum will be held in Madrid 25–26 October. Read more

• 20 July 2012

  A Fellowship Homecoming

  “There’s no such thing as a former PILnet Fellow,” noted PILnet Executive Director Ed Rekosh as he welcomed 16 Fellowship alumni to Budapest on 2 July for two days of introductions, reintroductions, inspiration, and strategizing. Read more