pro bono

as in nominal
law involving or doing legal work at no cost to the client pro bono work a pro bono case

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Recent Examples of pro bono During the pandemic, Beletsky shared her knowledge with those unable to attend film school by offering pro bono teaching through her social media accounts. Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024 But Lara’s case seemed so outrageous, that IJ took it pro bono and filed suit against the DEA on August 31, 2021, more than six months after Lara’s property was seized. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 At the behest of Death Row abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean (of Dead Man Walking fame), lawyer Don Knight took on Glossip’s case pro bono in 2014. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024 Gomez, who worked pro bono on the case, has devoted much of her career to advocating for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) cases. Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pro bono 
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Adjective
  • The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Assad retained nominal control of much of the country with Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah assistance.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Bing, for its part, went off the rails early on, prompting Microsoft to scale back both its personality and the number of questions users could ask it in a given conversation.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • At any given moment, 2 million to 10 million Ukrainians have been living in freezing temperatures without electricity.
    Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Some of that, sure, might be losing Brandon Montour and Oliver Ekman-Larsson to free agency last summer.
    Pierre LeBrun, The Athletic, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.
    Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2024

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“Pro bono.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pro%20bono. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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