Pro Bono Celebration 2025

Pro Bono Stories

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service launched the National Celebration of Pro Bono in 2009. Every October, legal organizations across America participate to draw attention to the need for pro bono participation and to thank those who give their time year-round. Harvard Law School celebrates the pro bono work of its students and its alumni. Since the HLS Pro Bono Service Program and requirement began in 2005, J.D. students have contributed over 7,000,000 pro bono hours in Student Practice Organizations, clinics, and organizations on campus and around the world.

Harvard Law School and the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs are thrilled to celebrate in 2025. Throughout the month of October, join us for events highlighting pro bono opportunities in law school and in your future career, while celebrating HLS students’ dedication to pro bono work.

Upcoming Events:

Resilience and Recovery: Careers in Disaster Legal Services

October 15, 2025
12:20 pm – 1:20 pm

What is Disaster Lawyering? As climate change exacerbates environmental disasters across the country, lawyers play an increasingly important role to help survivors recover from these devastating events. Hear from legal aid attorneys working in Texas, Oklahoma, and North Carolina discuss their work, including direct client services, strategic litigation, and legislative…
Project Access Pro Bono Training with Orleans Public Defenders

October 21, 2025
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

Project Access helps Louisiana public defenders keep up to speed with changes in criminal caselaw, big and small. Through this pro bono project, you will help summarize recent decisions out of the five Louisiana circuit courts, the Louisiana Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys at Orleans Public…
Boston Pro Bono Fair

October 22, 2025
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Local law students and attorneys are cordially invited to attend Suffolk’s and the Boston Bar Association’s 14th Annual Pro Bono Fair. This event provides attendees with the chance to connect with a large variety of legal services organizations that are eager for new volunteers. Suffolk University Law School 120 Tremont…

Congratulations to the 2025 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Pro Bono Honor Roll recipients!

Arash Abbas
Justin R. Adkins
Varun Neil Aggarwal
John R. Aiello
Emily R. Araiza
Tyler Alexander Armstrong
Caroline Arnold
Sydney T. Aronberg
Hussain Mehdi Awan
Talish S. Babaian
Nicholas P. Baca
Mirella Lili Baker
Zerxes Bhadha
Ariel N. Boone
Daniel Read Brickhill
David Joshua Jonathan Britto
Adrian Joshua Brown
Camille Brunetti
Kathryn Anne Petersen Buehler
Cecily J. Burge
Kristen E. Busch
Hunter D. Callaway
Vincent Shian Cao
James E. Carney
Claire R. Carter
Caroline W. Casey
Nuo Chen
Jon-Yin Mills Chong
Thatcher B. Chonka
Aimee Valencia Cicchiello
Elise Aida Colin
Aidan Starling Cook
Elijah Gentry Cooper
Miranda Costigan
Camilla R. Cox
Yarenis Cruz
Samuel Delmer
Monica Dey
Colin Donahoe
Fiona Doyle
Sarah L. Drescher
Sneha Durairaj
Rachel Nora Dweikat
Christopher E. Egi
Rodrigo Estrada
Andrew Joseph Farry
Joshua P. Freitag
Eve A. Gentile
Richard Amadey German
Alian P. Godoy
Luisa Graden
Chloe Johanna Gretter
Caleb Groen
Rahul Gupta
Micael Benjamin Guzman
Ireen Ha
Adeeb Jonathan Haddad
Riva Y. Han
Emily J. Hansen
Isaac Roland Harris

Caitlin Elizabeth Harty
Kayleigh Anne Hasson
Molly Getoff Hayes
Tatum Drue Hayes
Yi He
Patrick Thomas Healy
Corey Hester
Malka Aliza Himelhoch
Tashrima Hossain
Alyssa K. Ince
Juan Carlos Infante
Hannalee Isaacs
Jordan Samantha Janis
Rahul Jayaraman
Hyo Lim Jeong
Reilly Ann Johnson
Autumn Jones
Chenyang Ju
Sarina Luzjean Kastle
Elaina Michal Katz
Summar Fatima Khan
Cora Waitkus Kim
Eunjee Kim
Young Jun Kim
Mira Bohannan Kumar
Sophia Indah Daisy Kwende
Jacob W. Leder
Madelynn Grace Lederer
Hannah B. Levine
Gabrielle Louise Levy
Alexyse Lewis
Xiaoyu Li
Eoin Felix Lyons
Amber Brown Magnuson
Alin Charles Maimon
Jack Ruvoldt Malamud
Maria Alejandra C. Maldonado
Pablo Manon Mateos
Antonio L. Maquiling
Quincy Martin
Brandon Manuel Martinez
Manav Mathews
Juliana Rose Andrea Mayer
Hunter Phoenix Mellon
Jane Irene Merrick
Ceylan Handan Milor
Kiran Ambika Misra
Abigail A. Moats
Alexis C. Modeas
James Aloysius Morrison
Miranda A. Murillo
Abhi Nathan
John H. Neary
Richard D. Nehrboss
Sara L. Nicholson
Trevor L. Nunez
Ehime Ohue
Olateju Oyeleye
Ava Suvera Pacchiana

Panini Chaitanya Pandya
David J. Parker
Edward Francis Parker
Hudson Riggs Patterson
James D. Pennell
Luke M. Pittman
Andrew Yue Qin
Evelyn Qiu
Chloe Brielle Quast
Elizabeth C. Quinn
Sumita Rajpurohit
Nitin Somashekar Rao
Hejir Rashidzadeh
Alexandra Nicole Ratzker
Grant E. Reiter
Kelsey Roberts Kingman
Eamon P. Rogan
Sashary J. Rosado
Devin Isaiah Rossin
Joshua Yefim Rotenberg
Allie Ryave
Julia Italia Sachman
Kavya Sahni
Zahra Ali Asghar Saifi
Laura E. Saliy
Ankita Satpathy
Rebecca Schwartz
Christine Scott
Pritika Seshadri
Yesha Shah
Tanvi Sharan
Evelyn Shiang
Charles D. Shorey
Allison Williams Singleton
Brayden Samuel Soffa
Daniel P. Sorkin
Jake Matthew Sortor
Noah Quinn Spicer
Wesley Eve Streicher
Sydney K. Thomas
Alleah Soleil Thornhill
Ciara J. Tisdale-Vakos
Myriam Hadassa Trau
Jared S. Vornhagen
Duy Khuong Vu
Mia Claire Vuckovich
Lauryn O. Wang
Liana Wang
Jett U. Watson
Peter Thomas Watson
John Martin Weed
Kevin Williams
Ajayan Peter Williamson
Rafael Xu
Jierui Yao
Nicky Yoon
Mordechai Bakar Zadik
Han Wen Zhang
Serena Shuyi Zhou
Alexandra Elizabeth Zyskowski