1997
- Public Interest Law Initiative in Transitional Societies at Columbia University (PILI) established.
- First public PILI event held “Legal Defense of the Roma in Central and Eastern Europe”
1998
- PILnet International Fellowship Program launched
2002
- Established first PILI office in Budapest
2004
- Established office in Moscow
2007
- Established office in New York
- 1st Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Budapest
2008
- Established office in Beijing
- 2nd Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Budapest
2009
- 3rd Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Budapest
2010
- 4th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Paris
2011
- 5th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Berlin
- 1st Annual Legal Ethics Training Program at Moscow State University with DLA Piper and White & Case
2012
- 6th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Madrid
2013
- Established PILnet office in Hong Kong
- 7th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Warsaw
- Conference on Cause Lawyering in the Arab Region in collaboration with Legal Agenda
- Published Pro Bono Clearinghouse Manual in collaboration with A4ID
2014
- 1st Annual Asia Pro Bono Forum in Hong Kong
- Established PILnet Hong Kong Clearinghouse
- 8th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in London
2015
- New Executive Director Garth Meintjes joins PILnet
- 9th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Rome
- 2nd Annual Asia Pro Bono Forum in Bangkok
- Supported the creation of Italy’s first pro bono clearinghouse Pro Bono Italia
- Published “Pro Bono Bono Handbook: A Guide to Establishing a Pro Bono Program at Your Law Firm” in collaboration with the Vance Center
2016
- 1st Annual Russia Pro Bono Forum in Moscow
- 10th Annual European Pro Bono Forum in Amsterdam
- 3rd Annual Asia Pro Bono Forum in Bali
2017
- Celebrated PILnet’s 20th Anniversary
- 1st Annual Global Forum in Budapest
- 1st Annual Law for Change Student Competition in Hong Kong
2018
- Southeast Asia regional Anti-Trafficking in Persons project launched
- Eurasia Clearinghouse launched
- 2nd Annual Global Forum in Berlin
2019
- Access to Justice & Technology Summit (with DLA Piper) in London
- PILnet European Convening in London
- 3rd Annual Global Forum in Singapore
2020
- Global Refugees and Others Forcibly Displaced project launched
- Southeast Asia regional Anti-Trafficking in Persons clearinghouse launched
- 4th Annual Global Forum held virtually
2021
- 2021 European Pro Bono Alliance Meeting
- CASE website launched
- 5th Annual Global Forum held virtually
2022
- 6th Global Forum held in Dublin
- 2022 European Pro Bono week
- Thailand Refugee Rights Pro Bono pilot launched
