| BACK TO LIST $300.00Survey Name: Pro Bono Survey The American Lawyer's annual report on the state of pro bono work in the
nation's largest law firms, ranks The Am Law 200 firms based on the amount of pro
bono work performed by the firm. Included for each firm are the average number of
pro bono hours per lawyer and the percentage of lawyers with more than 20 hours
of pro bono work.
Methodology/Sources:
For the Pro Bono rankings,
The American Lawyer considers only AmLaw 200 firms, which are the
highest-grossing firms in the U.S. Half of the score comes from the average number
of pro bono hours per lawyer, while the remaining half is the percentage of lawyers
who perform more than 20 hours of pro bono work. Calculations are based on the number
of lawyers in U.S. offices only as of December 31, 2010 (these are head count numbers,
and not FTE attorneys as in the Am Law 200).
Pro bono work is defined as legal services provided to those who could not otherwise
afford them. Work done by paralegals or summer associates is not included, nor is
time spent on bar association work, on boards of nonprofit organizations, or on
nonlegal work for charities.
A score of 0 indicates that pro bono numbers were not submitted; it does not
necessarily mean that a firm did no pro bono work. Percentage of lawyers with more
than 20 hours of work may exceed 100 percent because of the way lawyers are counted
and the time of year numbers are gathered. Go to americanlawyer.com for a full
methodology and a more detailed look at firms’ pro bono matters. | | |
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