Start of Pro Bono Task Force

LSC convenes the Pro Bono Task Force to consider how to effectively increase pro bono involvement by all lawyers. A key recommendation from its final report is the creation of a fund to encourage new ideas for engaging pro bono assistance.  A few years later, President Obama signs the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, which includes $2.5 million for LSC to establish the Pro Bono Innovation Fund. By 2023, the fund had awarded 139 pro bono grants totaling more than $40 million. Other LSC task forces follow, starting in 2018.