How do bono projects help?
PBLO believes that it is important to develop complementary projects aimed at enhancing Legal Aid Ontario. Pro bono lawyers provide significant leveraging of limited staff and resources and can greatly augment the range and capacity of Ontario’s legal aid clinics. For example, PBLO works with Justice for Children and Youth, a community legal aid clinic, to provide opportunities for experienced litigators to co-counsel on test case litigation and to provide advocacy, mediation, and representation in special education and school discipline hearings.