This statistic shows the average hours spent on pro bono work by lawyers at U.S. law firms in 2018, broken down by whether the lawyer is based in the United States or overseas. In that year, U.S.-based lawyers performed on average 57.5 hours of pro bono work.
Average hours spent on pro bono work at law firms based in the United States in 2018, by type of lawyer*
* Includes the 200 highest grossing law firms in the United States, of which 128 declined to provide information to the source regarding pro bono activities of lawyers outside the U.S.
Pro bono work is defined by the source as legal services donated to organizations or individuals that could not otherwise afford them.
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The American Lawyer. (July 1, 2019). Average hours spent on pro bono work at law firms based in the United States in 2018, by type of lawyer* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/879869/average-hours-spent-on-pro-bono-work-at-us-law-firms-by-type-of-lawyer/
The American Lawyer. "Average hours spent on pro bono work at law firms based in the United States in 2018, by type of lawyer*." Chart. July 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/879869/average-hours-spent-on-pro-bono-work-at-us-law-firms-by-type-of-lawyer/
The American Lawyer. (2019). Average hours spent on pro bono work at law firms based in the United States in 2018, by type of lawyer*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/879869/average-hours-spent-on-pro-bono-work-at-us-law-firms-by-type-of-lawyer/
The American Lawyer. "Average Hours Spent on pro Bono Work at Law Firms Based in The United States in 2018, by Type of Lawyer*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/879869/average-hours-spent-on-pro-bono-work-at-us-law-firms-by-type-of-lawyer/
The American Lawyer, Average hours spent on pro bono work at law firms based in the United States in 2018, by type of lawyer* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/879869/average-hours-spent-on-pro-bono-work-at-us-law-firms-by-type-of-lawyer/ (last visited May 28, 2020)
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