pro bono > challenge and pledge drive

Each year since 2001, the Oregon Bar Association has sponsored a Pro Bono Challenge for the State’s law schools. The University of Oregon School of Law has won this Challenge Award every year since its inception.

The hours our law students have performed have been truly inspirational:
2001: 3,190.25
2002: 4,860.00
2003: 11,214.00
2004: 10,600.00
2005: 10,576.75
2006: 11,277.25

In order to encourage pro bono legal work during law school, the Pro Bono Executive board challenges incoming 1Ls each fall to sign a “Pro Bono Pledge” to commit at least 40 hours of pro bono before graduation. Well over half of the students in recent incoming classes have accepted this challenge!