COMMITTEE EVENTS ANNOUNCED FOR PRO BONO WEEK

The Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee are delighted to announce two events to celebrate National Pro Bono Week 2022 (7th to 11th November 2022).

Welcoming in Pro Bono Week: Breakfast at No 5 Chambers Date: Monday 7th November Venue: No 5 Chambers, Fountain Court, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6DR

Please join us for breakfast networking [time TBC] and with an official welcome from Tony McDaid.

The President of the Birmingham Law Society, the Pro Bono Committee and No 5 Chambers warmly invite you to an informal breakfast to launch Pro Bono Week 2022 in Birmingham.

Join our incoming President Tony McDaid for a breakfast event to bring together our local legal community for a morning of networking and idea sharing for pro bono in the city. This event will be a celebration of the work done by members of our legal community this year, as well as a chance to reflect on the year and look forward to how we can best contribute to access to justice, here in Birmingham and beyond, as the needs in the city evolve.

Pro Bono Week Event – The Climate Crisis is Real – What can lawyers do to help? Date: Wednesday 9th November Venue: Gowling WLG, Two Snowhill, Birmingham B4 6WR Time: 17:30 registration & networking, 18:30 speakers, 20:00 close Speakers from The Environmental Law

Foundation (ELF) and Fiona Nicholls, Head of Sustainability and Assurance at Gowling WLG. Further speakers to be confirmed.

For Pro Bono Week 2022, the Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee invites our legal community to an important and insightful evening event. This event is kindly hosted by Gowling WLG.

This year’s event will focus on climate change and environmental issues, exploring the real impact our pro bono contribution can have in supporting communities and people dealing with environmental threat. The Committee is delighted to host a line-up of fantastic speakers to share their experience and ideas for this event.

So many of us are deeply concerned by the environmental challenges we are all facing and struggle to know how to make a difference. This evening event will explore how lawyers, both as businesses and as individuals, can use our legal skills, commercial experience and influence to make a genuine contribution.

We hope this will be a fascinating and eye-opening evening for firms, chambers and practitioners throughout the Midlands who are keen to discover how pro bono, perhaps as part of a wider responsible business strategy, can be part of this.

Registration details for both events will be circulated soon. Both events are free of charge, but places will be limited.