Annual IBA Pro Bono Award
Application details
Each year, the IBA Pro Bono Committee honour a lawyer who has shown an outstanding commitment to pro bono work as part of their legal career.
Applications are now closed for the Pro Bono Award. If you have any questions, please contact divisions@int-bar.org
The IBA Pro Bono Committee’s mission is to support the IBA in promoting pro bono work globally through implementation of the IBA Pro Bono Declaration and the exchange of information and the promotion of best practice. Pro bono work is a cornerstone of the legal profession, and the IBA Pro Bono Committee wants to help build a culture of pro bono work by lawyers, law firms and organisations of lawyers as a vehicle for access to justice where that right is not fully supported by legal aid.
LexisNexis is honoured to support the Annual IBA Pro Bono Award
Supported by LexisNexis
The IBA Pro Bono Committee annually presents an award to a lawyer who is leading our profession in building a pro bono culture. The award is free to enter and it is open to all lawyers, whether or not they are members of the IBA.
2024 Recipient
The recipient of the International Bar Association (IBA) Pro Bono Award for 2024 has been announced as Vineetha MG from India. She is honoured for her two decades of pro bono work, assisting individuals and communities who would otherwise lack access to legal representation.
When notified about the award, Ms MG remarked: ‘I am deeply honoured and thrilled to receive the IBA Pro Bono Award. I would like to thank the IBA, LexisNexis and the Pro Bono Committee for this recognition. I accept it with gratitude, not only personally and on behalf of everyone at Samvad, but also on behalf of the inspirational legal professionals across the globe, who devote their effort and talent to ensure that equal justice is not merely an idea enshrined in constitutions, but becomes a reality for the people most in need. This recognition means more to me than what the words can convey and I look forward to continuing our collective efforts in making a positive impact through pro bono work.’
Read morePrevious Recipients
Congratulations to María Fernanda Mierez, the 2023 winner of the Annual IBA Pro Bono Award.
Congratulations to Elba Gutiérrez, the 2022 winner of the Annual IBA Pro Bono Award.
Congratulations to Geoff Budlender, the 2021 winner of the Annual IBA Pro Bono Award.
- Congratulations to Nick Paul, winner of the 2014 Annual IBA Pro Bono Award!
- Congratulations to Susan Finegan, winner of the 2013 Annual IBA Pro Bono Award!
- Congratulations to Tong Lihua, winner of the 2012 Annual IBA Pro Bono Award!
- Congratulations to Flavia Regina de Souza Oliveira, winner of the 2011 Annual IBA Pro Bono Award!
- Congratulations to Angeline Welsh, winner of the 2010 Annual IBA Pro Bono Award!