pro bono

Example Sentences

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That availability goes for both pro bono clients and for paid clients.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Hill claimed to be working pro bono, although the center’s IRS filings revealed hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees, and on one occasion he invented a phone conversation with me that never happened.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

Several other large firms followed and made similar deals to avoid the punitive orders, collectively agreeing to provide nearly $1 billion in pro bono work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

She is a pro bono lawyer on some of the most sensitive cases, including the enforced disappearances of ethnic Balochs, as well as defending the community's top activist, Mahrang Baloch.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Realizing that I barely had enough money to pay for school supplies, let alone legal expenses, John suggested soliciting a big law firm because sometimes they do work pro bono.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers