Legal Help for NGOs

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PILnet connects NGOs, nonprofits, and other community-led organizations to volunteer lawyers in PILnet’s global legal network who provide them with free, high-quality legal assistance. Legal support can include practical advising on opperational issues, advocacy,  research, and training. 

In 2023, PILnet matched 178 matters with pro bono legal assistance through our clearinghouses, amounting to 10,917 hours worth 7.3 million USD

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How We Work

Refugee Assistance

Launched on World Refugee Day 2021, PILnet now brokers legal assistance specifically for organizations, associations, clinics, other entities or legal service providers who support, protect, and find solutions for refugees and other forcibly displaced in connection with the Global Refugee Forum Legal Community Pledge.

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Steps to Get Help

Other ways to get help
  1.  Complete a request for legal assistance, found on each legal assistance page 
  2.  Work with PILnet to prepare your pro bono request
  3.  Get connected with a qualified pro bono lawyer from PILnet’s global network
  4.  Receive free legal assistance for your civil society organization on a discrete legal need or a longer-term public interest project