Pro Bono Resource Center
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Pro Bono Resource Center Overview
Co-sponsored by the Georgia Legal Services Program and the State Bar of Georgia, the Pro Bono Resource Center is headquartered at the Bar and involves private attorneys in representation of the poor in civil matters. The Resource Center also provides information to lawyers on what programs are available when they want to volunteer. The Resource Center gives technical assistance to local bar associations when they want to develop or revise a pro bono program.
“Equal justice under the law is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of our society. It is fundamental that justice should be the same, in substance and availability without regard to economic status.”—Lewis Powell Jr., Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
What is the Pro Bono Resource Center?
The Pro Bono Resource Center, created by the State Bar of Georgia in 1982 in conjunction with the Georgia Legal Services Program, assists local bar associations, individual private attorneys and communities in developing pro bono private attorney/bar involvement programs in their areas for the delivery of legal services to the poor. The Resource Center also receives support from the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism and the Georgia Bar Foundation.
Why Was it Created?
Our judicial system cannot function without the availability of counsel to ensure that all people have effective access to the legal system. The need for legal assistance by low-income Georgians to resolve life-shattering problems is enormous. Legal intervention is often the critical factor that enables a family to remain together or to receive vital financial support. In even the best of times, Georgia Legal Services and Atlanta Legal Aid can serve only a small fraction of the persons who meet program standards and who need legal assistance. Thus, private attorney participation in the delivery of legal services to the poor is absolutely critical.
