Making a Difference: Pro Bono Center Success Stories

For more than 40 years, the Pro Bono Center has recruited, trained, and mobilized attorney volunteers to take pro bono cases that transform the lives of people living in poverty.

Read some Pro Bono Center success stories.

• Pro Bono Center Reflects on a Year of Remote Service
  March 2021

• Full-Representation Changes Lives
  February 2021

• Pro Bono Attorneys Secure Life-Changing Benefits
  December 2020

• Pro Bono Center Ends Client Harassment and Stabilizes Housing
  November 2020

• Neighborhood Staple Goes Remote
  October 2020

• Pro Bono Center Promotes Economic Recovery
  September 2020

• Pro Bono Attorneys Build Client's Confidence
  August 2020

• New Partnership Helps Father Secure Emergency Custody
  July 2020

• First Virtual Immigration Clinic Serves 39 Clients
  June 2020

• New Family Law Assistance Network Opens During Crisis
  May 2020

• Pro Bono Lawyer Helps Ease Young Mother’s Fear
  April 2020


• D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Achieves 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
  February 2020


• For One D.C. Family, Home Is Finally Sweet
  September 2014


• A Mother Finds Her Voice in Fight for Livable Housing
  September 2012


• When Hope Fades, Pro Bono’s HCAP Program Springs Into Action
  February 2012


• Small Business, Big Impact
  June 2011


• Mother Endures Through Two-Fold Battle
  January 2011