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Overview

BU Law Pro Bono Program

BU Law students are invited to participate in our voluntary pro bono program and to make a pledge to perform a minimum of 35 hours during their three years in law school. Upon completion of the pledged pro bono hours, students will receive a notation on their law school transcripts attesting to their participation in the program and stating the number of hours volunteered. Participating LL.M. students pledge a minimum of 12 hours for the same pro bono work.

Pro bono work, for the purposes of the BU Law program, must be unpaid and not for academic credit. To meet the goals of our program, student pro bono work should involve the rendering of meaningful law-related service to persons of limited means or to organizations that serve such persons or to other organizations dedicated to underrepresented groups and/or social issues.

Legal work performed in one of the BU Law clinical programs for academic credit will not qualify.

The Career Development Office, with assistance as needed from the Public Service Committee, will determine what work will qualify as pro bono work for the BU Law program. The CDO also will track student pro bono hours.

Boston University prohibits discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental or veteran status. This policy extends to all rights, privileges, programs and activities, including the pro bono program. In addition to the above-listed bases, decisions regarding the approval of student pro bono sites and qualifying work will be made without regard to the political affiliation, mission or philosophy of the participating organizations.