Dr Filip Czernicki, Attorney-at-Law, graduated from the Warsaw University Law School. Besides his academic and business career he works on the development and promotion of lawyers pro bono activity as well as improvement of legal education and establishment of legal clinics in Poland and Eastern Europe. Since 2018 Coordinator of the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law pro bono programs. Filip also runs the first in Poland and the only so far clearinghouse program managed by the Bar Association. Since 2015 member of the National Legal Aid Council which is the advisory body to the Minister of Justice of Poland. Since 2002 he has been the President of the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation and a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Justice Education (President: 01.2009-12.2013). In 2008 he funded the first in Poland and only clearinghouse run by an NGO and devoted supporting NGOs with free legal aid. Author of articles and publications on legal clinics, pro bono and access to justice. Awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland with the Gold Cross of Merit, in 2012 in Madrid received from the Global Network for Public Interest Law - European Pro Bono Award and in 2010 for the merits of the Polish judiciary received a Medal of the Minister of Justice. Since 2018 Coordinator of the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law pro bono programs. Since 2015 member of the National Legal Aid Council which is the advisory body to the Minister of Justice of Poland. Since 2002 he has been the President of the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation and a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Justice Education (President: 01.2009-12.2013). Author of articles and publications on legal clinics, pro bono and access to justice. Awarded with the Gold Cross of Merit, European Pro Bono Award and a Medal of the Minister of Justice.