Montreal, Canada
Joined July 2019
Justice pro Bono is a non-profit organization which aims at mobilizing the legal community to provide expertise and time to individuals and non-profit organizations in Québec (Canada).
Focus: Generalist Legal Services
Justice Pro Bono seeks to become a key player in improving access to justice in Québec through concrete, consistent actions within the legal community.
Our actions take the form of various projects, including:
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Québec’s first medical-legal partnership with the Montréal Children’s Hospital;
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A volunteer legal clinic in Québec’s Far North;
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Free legal consultations in partnership with Doctors of the World;
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Creation and development of the Boussole juridique, an online listing of free or low-cost legal resources in Québec;
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Pairing of citizens’ cases with volunteer lawyers.