Linklaters supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Pro bono Solving challenges, addressing injustice Challenging injustice and innovating solutions to social problems is part of being a lawyer at Linklaters. We improve the lives of Best International thousands of people through free legal advice and representation Firm for Pro Bono 2017 every year. We contribute our skills to eradicating poverty and European Women in Business Law Awards protecting the planet through the United Nations’ Sustainable 2017 Development Goals.

Asian CSR Initiative Recent highlights of our programme include: We have a strong focus on minority rights of the Year 2017 and gender equality, and on fostering >> Impact – informing Acid Survivors Trust the rule of law. We support a range of Legal Awards 2017 International’s campaign for crucial causes from access to justice and human changes to the law to tackle acid rights to social finance and international violence. development. But more important than Distinguished Pro Bono >> Innovation – innovating and the themes of our work is our focus on Award documenting a charity bond that is impact – selecting projects that will make The Law Society of Hong Kong 2016 financing over 900 new affordable the most effective difference to a social, homes and the development of social humanitarian or environmental cause. housing. See over for impact examples. CSR Initiative of the Year >> Scale – furthering the rule of law by The firm’s pro bono practice also has a creating ongoing digests of the entire positive impact on our lawyers. A recent British Legal Awards 2015 case law of Liberia, so that judges survey revealed a 94% satisfaction rate can apply precedent. with our programme, with 88% reporting that their pro bono activity increased their Standout in Social motivation and pride in the firm. Responsibility FT Innovative Lawyers Awards 2015

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