The annual LawWorks Pro Bono Awards celebrate the best legal pro bono activities undertaken by organisations and individuals and the positive impact they have had on those helped. The LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards are kindly sponsored by Lexis Nexis.
This year the ceremony was hosted policital commentator Tamara Coehn, and the awards were presented by Mark Evans, Vice President of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Winners were chosen in thirteen categories, each representing the breadth and range of pro bono across England and Wales and internationally – by individuals, firms, in-house teams, law schools and law students, supported by charities, advice agencies, law centres and many non-legal volunteers.
Find out about our winners and nominees 
in the awards programme.
The winners of the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2024 are:
- Best Contribution by a Small or Medium Firm - Sponsored by LEAP: Ropes & Gray
- Best Contribution by a Large Firm: Dechert
- Best Contribution by an In-house Team or an In-house Solicitor: Omar Madhloom, University of Southampton
- Best Contribution by a Junior Lawyer: Abigail Curry, Baker McKenzie
- The Stephen Denyer Pro Bono Awards for Best Individual Contribution: Thomas Jennings, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Best Pro Bono Contribution in Wales: Veterans Legal Link, Aberystwyth University
- Best Contribution by a Pro Bono Clinic: Dads House Family Law Clinic, Dad’s House
- Best International Pro Bono Award - in partnership with A4ID: Face Equality International in partnership with Reed Smith, Bank of America and Amazon
- Best New Pro Bono Activity: UCL iLAC Form Filling Initiative
- Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership: City Community Legal Advice Centre
- Best Contribution to LawWorks Not-For-Profits Programme: Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP
- Best Contribution to LawWorks Secondary Specialisation Programme: Baker McKenzie
- The Pro Bono Connect Award: Morrison Foerster and Cloisters Chambers
LawWorks are incredibly grateful to our judging panel for our awards this year, they are:
- Mark Evans, Vice President of The Law Society of England and Wales
- James Harper, Executive Sponsor, Rule of Law and CSR for LexisNexis UK & Ireland
- Chris Minnoch, Director of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group
- Professor Richard Owen, Chair of the Law Society’s Access to Justice Committee
- Paul Rogerson, Editor of the Law Society Gazette
- Rebecca Wilkie, Chief Executive of Advocate
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Pro Bono Award nominees
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Best Contribution by a Small or Medium Firm - Sponsored by LEAP
- Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP
- Hodge Jones & Allen
- MTC Solicitors
- Ropes & Gray
Best Contribution by a Large Firm
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Baker McKenzie
- Dechert
- Kirkland & Ellis International
- Milbank
- Travers Smith
Best Contribution by an In-house Team or an In-house Solicitor
- In-House team, The University of Law
- Omar Madhloom, University of Southampton
- Visa Legal, Ethics and Compliance Team
Best Contribution by a Junior Lawyer
- Lauren Beattie, Milbank
- Abigail Curry, Baker McKenzie
- Shereen Goh, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Sarah Hill-Smith, Clyde & Co
- Richard Rowlands, Covington
- Tom Wyer, Herbert Smith Freehills
The Stephen Denyer Pro Bono Award (Best Individual Contribution)
- Sarah Clover, South Westminster Legal Advice Centre and Clyde & Co
- Daniel Denton, Hodge Jones & Allen
- Thomas Jennings, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Jake Savile-Tucker, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Ruth Scoles Mitchell, Covington
Best Pro Bono Contribution in Wales
- LGBTQ+ Law Clinic CIC
- Veterans Legal Link, Aberystwyth University
Best Contribution by a Pro Bono Clinic
- Dads House Family Law Clinic
- Employment Tribunal Support Service, University of Law
- Legal Advice Centre, University of East London
- University of Southampton Global Legal Clinic
Best International Pro Bono Award - in partnership with A4ID
- Face Equality International in partnership with Reed Smith LLP, Bank of America and Amazon
- Herbert Smith Freehills, Human Dignity Trust and Blackstone Chamber
- MPF Afghan BAP Project
Best New Pro Bono Activity
- Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP
- Ethnicity Business Growth Programme, Addleshaw Goddard
- McKenzie Friend Service, BPP University
- Toynbee Hall & Herbert Smith Freehills Housing Clinic
- UCL iLAC Form Filling Initiative
Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership Award
- City Community Legal Advice Centre
- Connect Legal Advice Clinic, Centrepoint, Goldman Sachs & Herbert Smith Freehills
- Employment Legal Advice Service, The Growth Company
- Hertfordshire Law School & Shelter Court Runner Scheme
- Reach out to Survivors, University of Chester
- Working Families' Legal Advice Service
Best Contribution to LawWorks Not-For-Profits Programme
- Covington
- Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP
- Proskauer Rose (UK) LLP
Best Contribution to LawWorks Secondary Specialisation Programme
- Baker McKenzie
- Pallas Partners
The Pro Bono Connect Award
- Brabners
- Dechert, Maitland Chambers, Astraea Group
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius
- Morrison Foerster and Cloisters Chambers
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