How to Use pro bono in a Sentence

pro bono

adjective
  • The Does’ team of lawyers has grown to more than 15, all working pro bono.
    Rozina Ali, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Grady’s firm, Baker and Hostetler, took on the case pro bono (as well as the lawsuit from the K2 client).
    Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Sommerman told The News that his firm has worked the case pro bono.
    Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The school charges a small fee for services, while Rocky Mountain’s program is pro bono.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
  • There are thousands of lawyers in the United States who work pro bono to represent kids in court.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • TriMet staff wrote in the letter that the agency could not use state transportation funds to pay for pro bono work.
    Jayati Ramakrishnan, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Jackson referred him to a high-profile law firm, which took his case pro bono.
    Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The group is currently looking for pro bono attorneys who will help the Afghans at no cost to them.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Because there’s abuse, there are family and divorce lawyers who will help her pro bono (for free).
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Meyers ended up working, pro bono, on the bear-hunting case.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The couple returned to Utah to retire in the early 2000s, though Adams continued to take pro bono cases.
    Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Unsurprisingly, the witch has dragged him along to carry her bags in return for a past pro bono job.
    Ty Galiz-Rowe, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Jones, 31, who has a background in civil rights work and the backing of a pro bono legal team, has refused to take a settlement.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Critics were primed for bad news, said Tamara Caldas, who oversees the pro bono program at the law firm Kilpatrick Townsend.
    Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But the justices worked pro bono, and after two hearings in 2021, the court found the government officials guilty of genocide.
    Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Attorneys for King’s family - a trio of lawyers with military records from the firm Morgan Lewis - took the case pro bono to clear King’s name.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • And other free clinics offer services either pro bono or at a low cost.
    Jennifer Chesak, Health.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • As part of their mission, lawyers in the group also provide pro bono legal aid to help in such situations.
    Vivian Song, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2022
  • And don't forget that the folks that the Kettlemans are taking advantage of are pretty much Kim's clientele in her pro bono world.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Boos later went into solo practice in 2020 and resumed his pro bono work with Grayeyes and Maryboy.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • But Musk has complained about the cost of this pro bono technology, at one point tweeting that the cost to his company SpaceX would exceed $100 million by the end of the year.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But full-time law jobs in gender justice can be scarce, hard to secure and underpaid, Foster said, which is why her work with trans folks is pro bono.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • That included denying them pro bono counsel who had worked on their behalf.
    cleveland, 28 Jan. 2022
  • As waves lapped the boat, Mr. Winkler and his pro bono deckhands set about sorting through the pile, throwing back the sea robins, dogfish and porgies as flocks of sea gulls squawked overhead, eager for the castoffs.
    Karen Zraick Karsten Moran, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Rawlins has tried to meet this need by serving as a de facto (and pro bono) climatologist, but there are only so many hours in a day.
    Kate Selig, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • The work will be done on a pro bono basis, but promises to give BlackRock insights into investors’ interests.
    Liz Alderman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Advertising agency Havas Chicago came up with the idea for the pass and shared the concept with Yellowstone Forever pro bono.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Offering pro bono services for crisis help for the victims and those affected.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon, is also providing pro bono legal services for Chappell.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Gomez has made a name for herself providing pro bono work for Indigenous families who are missing a loved one.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022

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