PILnet – THE LEGAL PRO BONO: THE CRADLE OF PRO BONOAtanas Politov, Director PILnet’s Budapest office | February 23rd, 2015

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ABOUT PILNET

MISSION AND STRATEGY

We connect and equip lawyers to protect human

rights, advance social justice, and defend the

most vulnerable.

PILnet has two core strategies: (1) Training, supporting

and collaborating with public interest lawyers and (2)

Strengthening the global pro bono community.

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PRO BONO

PRO BONO RESOURCES

PILnet Budapest Clearinghouse Established (2006)

A CLEARINGHOUSE LINKS NGOs AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF

LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITH PRO BONO LAWYERS

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PRO BONO PARTNERS

CASE STUDY: HUNGARY

• Morley Allen & Overy

• Partos & Noblet in co-operation with Hogan

Lovells International LLP

• Ormai & Partners, CMS CMS Cameron

McKenna LLP

• Hewlett-Packard Information Technology Ltd.

• HBO Europe

• GE

• KNP LAW Nagy Koppany Varga and Partners

• Siegler Weil Gotshal & Manges

• Horvath & Partners DLA Piper

• Nagy és Trócsányi

• Réczicza White & Case

• Andrékó Kinstellar

• Gide Loyrette Nouel

• Lakatos, Köves and Partners

• Knight Bird & Bird

• Squire Patton Boggs

• GSG Partners

• Banati Law Firm

• Szecskay Law Firm

• Nagy és Trócsányi

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2013 PILNET CLEARINGHOUSE OVERVIEW

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PILNET CLEARINGHOUSE MATTERS – PROGRAM RELATED

PRO BONO EXAMPLES I.

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HUMUSZ ALLIANCE & DLA COOPERATION

The Waste Reduction Alliance (HuMuSz) is established to investigate and monitor problems of

the waste management system in Hungary.

PRO BONO WORK:

• Re-drafting of the statute of the organization, and assistance in the related court procedure

• Created templates for Labor and Employment Contracts

• Represented the interest of the NGO in Labor Law disputes for several times

• Assistance to the NGO in complex Data Protection matters

• Counselling a business transaction by selling HUMUSZ's shares in a social enterprise

• Legal advice on various Intellectual Property Law-related matters

PRO BONO EXAMPLES II.

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Public Interest Litigation

1.Administrative Court Decision on School Segregation in Debrecen achieved by the Chance for Children

Foundation (2007-2009)

2.The NGO’s Compensation Claim Supported by a Business Law Firm – Morley Allen & Overy (2009-2012)

3.Wining the Case at The Hungarian Supreme Court (Curia)

4. Recruiting New Volunteer Lawyers in 2014 and forming a litigation team of 5 lawyers in order to litigate

other cases.

PREVENTING OF SEGREGATION OF ROMA KIDS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

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PRO BONO EXAMPLES III.

RUSSIA CLEARINGHOUSE (2007)

SECURES LEGAL ASSISTANCE

FOR GIFT OF LIFE FOUNDATION

Gift of Life foundation helps children with cancer. Access to opioid and other anesthetics is extremely

restricted in Russia (83rd in the world). To lobby for change, they needed research and analysis on how access

is regulated in various Russian regions. PBL performed the research.

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PILNET AND PARTNER CLEARINGHOUSES (2006 – 2013)

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PILNET’S PRO BONO NETWORK

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THE PILnet FORUMS

The 2015 European Pro

Bono Forum

11-13 November

Rome, Italy

probonoforum.org/europe

The 2015 Asia Pro Bono

Forum

23-24 June

Bangkok, Thailand

probonoforum.org/asia

Pro Bono Forum of the

Americas

17-18 September

São Paulo, Brazil

Stay tuned for more

information

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BUILDING THE PRO BONO RESOURCE