Research Reports and Guides

Please note that copies of the Centre's

Annual Reports can be found here.

Pro Bono Partnerships and Models: A Practical Guide to What Works

- May 2013 (PDF 2.75MB)

Also available for viewing using Thomson Reuters' eReader, ProView™. For more details click here.

National Law Firm Pro Bono Survey 2012: Final Report

- January 2013 (PDF 2.42 MB)

National Law Firm Pro Bono Survey 2012: Interim Report

- October 2012 (PDF 760 KB)

Fifth Annual Performance Report on the National Pro Bono Aspirational Target

- October 2012 (PDF 784 KB)

Fourth Annual Performance Report on the National Pro Bono Aspirational Target

- September 2011 (PDF 683 KB)

Social Justice Opportunities - A Career Guide for Law Students and New Lawyers

- August 2011 (PDF 2.29MB)

Available in hard copy form by emailing info@nationalprobono.org.au. The accompanying website is located at www.sjopps.net.au.

Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Planning for the Legal Profession in Australia

- June 2011 (PDF 758 KB - WORD version of Part 2 only 95 KB)

National Law Firm Pro Bono Survey 2010: Final Report

- December 2010 (PDF 587 KB)

 
Report of attendance by John Corker at UK National Pro Bono Week and the European Pro Bono Forum

- November 2010 (PDF 302 KB)

National Law Firm Pro Bono Survey 2010: Interim Report

- August 2010 (PDF 823 KB)

Third Annual Performance Report on the National Pro Bono Aspirational Target

-August 2010 (PDF 712 KB)

Pro Bono in Australia - An Introduction for Practical Legal Training students

- March 2010 (PDF 644KB)

Retired and Career Break Lawyers
- February 2010 (PDF 403 KB)

ATSILS Pro Bono Guide - A Guide to the Delivery of Pro Bono Legal Services for Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) and their clients

 - October 2009 (PDF 2.48MB)

Second Performance Report on the National Pro Bono Aspirational Target
- October 2009 (PDF 335 KB)

Pro Bono Practices Guide - A National Guide to the Pro Bono Practices of 30 Australian Law Firms

- July 2009 (PDF 1.59MB)

Report on the pro bono legal work of individual Australian Barristers

 - November 2008 (PDF 851 KB)

Appendix 1 - State Report Victoria (PDF 722 KB)

Appendix 2 - State Report Queensland (PDF 457KB)

Appendix 3 - State Report New South Wales (PDF 418 KB) 

Appendix 4 - State Report Australian Capital Territory (PDF 314 KB)

Appendix 5 - State Report Northern Territory (PDF 303 KB)

Appendix 6 - State Report South Australia (PDF 326 KB)

Appendix 7 - State Report Tasmania (PDF 309 KB)

Appendix 8 - State Report Western Australia (PDF 329 KB)

First Performance Report on the National Pro Bono Aspirational Target

  - September 2008 (PDF 93 KB )

Report on the pro bono legal work of 25 large Australian law firms

 - September 2008 (PDF  463KB)

Report on the Survey of the Victorian Government Legal Services Panel Members

— June 2008 (PDF 196KB)

This report summarises responses to the survey of the Victorian Government Legal Services panel members in relation to the 'pro bono condition' in the panel arrangements. The report was prepared in April 2008 and made publicly available in June 2008. Related documents include:

Summary of the Victorian Government Legal Services Panel Arrangements (PDF 223KB)

Questionaire for Victorian Government legal Services Panel Members (PDF 151KB)

Proposed Model for the Reform of Commonwealth Government Legal Services Purchasing (PDF 184KB)

Pro Bono Practices - A Guide to the Pro Bono Practices of NSW's Largest Law Firms

- January 2008 (PDF 2.72MB) 

National Survey - Report on the pro bono legal work of individual Australian Solicitors

— December 2007 (PDF 596 KB)
Appendix III - Responses to survey questions; Queensland (PDF 170KB)
Appendix IV - Responses to survey questions; NSW (PDF 176KB)
Appendix V -  Responses to survey questions; Victoria (PDF 174KB)
Appendix VI - Responses to survey questions; WA, SA, NT, ACT and Tas combined (PDF 179KB)

Mapping pro bono in Australia

— June 2007 (PDF 2MB)
This report provides a snapshot of the Australian pro bono landscape as at the beginning of 2007. The report is also available in hard copy form at the University of NSW Bookshop.

Pro bono work undertaken by members of the Law Society of Queensland March-May 2006: Survey Report

— August 2006 (10 pp) (PDF 127KB)
This is a preliminary report of survey data from the National Survey prepared for the National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference 2006.

Pro bono referral schemes in Australia: A history of professional association & law firm schemes

— May 2006 (51 pp) (PDF 681KB)
A publication that details the establishment and operation of 10 professional association and law firm pro bono referral schemes in Australia.

The Australian Pro Bono Manual - A Practice Guide and Resource Kit for Law Firms (2nd ed)

- May 2005

Available in hard copy form by emailing info@nationalprobono.org.au. The Manual is also available online.

Pro bono, conflicts and Government

— March 2003 (PDF 166KB)
A paper prepared by the Centre

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