Bill Text: PA SR386 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the week of October 21 through 27, 2012, as "Pro Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-10-15 - Introduced and adopted [SR386 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR386-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2485
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 386 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, GREENLEAF, EARLL, RAFFERTY, BROWNE, SCHWANK, COSTA, STACK, BAKER, WASHINGTON, VULAKOVICH, BOSCOLA, ERICKSON, VOGEL, HUGHES, FONTANA, WOZNIAK AND DINNIMAN, OCTOBER 15, 2012
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 15, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of October 21 through 27, 2012, as "Pro
Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania attorneys provide legal assistance at
low or no cost, commonly referred to as "pro bono" work, to more
than 100,000 low-income clients each year; and
WHEREAS, The fourth annual National Pro Bono Week will be
celebrated at the end of October 2012; and
WHEREAS, National Pro Bono Week is an opportunity to
highlight the differences attorneys make in their communities,
to recruit and train more pro bono volunteers and to acknowledge
the partnerships that form the basis for many of the private
bar's most successful pro bono efforts; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Bar Association is joining with the
American Bar Association to sponsor this October's annual
National Pro Bono Week celebrations; and
WHEREAS, National Pro Bono Week provides numerous
opportunities to highlight the good work Pennsylvania attorneys
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do for the most needy among us; and
WHEREAS, Pro bono legal services contribute to the effective
and efficient administration of justice; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is a leader in celebrating National Pro
Bono Week with what have become annual events at many sites
across this Commonwealth, from already scheduled events such as
the Berks County Pro Bono Celebration on October 23, 2012, in
Reading and the Pennsylvania Bar Association's seventh Annual
Diversity Summit on October 26, 2012, to many more events still
in the planning; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of October 21
through 27, 2012, as "Pro Bono Week" in Pennsylvania.
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