What do Pro Bono and Pro Se mean?
The term Pro Bono means that someone will help you with your legal problem without charging you for their help. Pro Se means that you provide your own legal help. A Pro Bono organization will either help you with your case or will try to hook you up with an attorney who will help you with your case for free. Pro Se organizations/clinics help people represent themselves. They try to help you understand the law in a particular area so you can help yourself and not have to have help from an attorney.
Pro Bono is when an attorney volunteers to handle a client’s case without charging the client any money. A Pro Bono organization is an organization that connects Pro Bono attorneys with clients who need legal help. Pro Se is when a person represents him or herself in a legal matter without the help of an attorney. A Pro Se organization/clinic is an organization that helps people represent themselves.
