Pro bono work and social justice

Note: This course will be closed and archived from the site on 21st June 2024. After this date this course will no longer be accessible. Pro bono (‘for the public good’ in Latin) involves lawyers and law students giving up their time on a voluntary basis to help people who need legal assistance but do not have the means to afford it. In this free course, Pro bono work and social justice, you will consider the role of pro bono in law schools. You will examine the relationship between pro bono and legal aid, and evaluate whether pro bono should be mandatory. The theme of social justice will be explored and you will examine how innovation can address the justice gap. You will consider the development of the online court and the role that crowdfunding may play in facilitating access to justice.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 What is pro bono?
• 1 What is pro bono?
• 1.1 The development of clinical legal education
• 2 The development of legal aid
• 2 The development of legal aid
• 2.1 Justice for society
• 2.2 Civil legal aid
• 2.3 Criminal legal aid
• 2.4 The impact on trials
• 2.5 The funding of the justice system
• 3 Social justice
• 3 Social justice
• 3.1 Justice and technology
• 3.1.1 Online court
• 3.1.2 Virtual courts
• 3.2 Bringing crowdfunding to the law
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements