pro bono

Feb 26, 2026

Missouri Lawyers Media announces 2026 Women’s Justice Awards honorees

Missouri Lawyers Media has named Betsy Ledgerwood, the first woman to serve as clerk of the Missouri Supreme Court, as the 2026 Woman of the Year.

May 28, 2025

KCMBA offers free memberships, CLE credits for displaced government attorneys

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association is providing free memberships and Continuing Legal Education credits to government attorneys who have faced adverse employment decisions.

Mar 3, 2025

Missouri Lawyers Media recognizes retiring state public defender director as 2025 Woman of the Year

Missouri Lawyers Media has selected Mary Fox, the outgoing Missouri Public Defender Director, as its 2025 Women’s Justice Award Honoree.

Nov 3, 2022

Justice Speaks keynote speaker links late attorney’s example to his own pro bono work

Emmy award-winning journalist and attorney Manny Medrano’s keynote speech at the Justice Speaks event links today’s justice access issues with the late attorney who helped change his family’s life.

Nov 2, 2022

St. Louis pro bono opportunities hit your nearest online search bar

Thousands of St. Louisans call for pro bono assistance every month. Not all of them can acquire help, but attorneys in the metropolitan area can now meet those needs with a simple online search.

Jun 21, 2022

BCLP attorneys prevail in Hague Convention case for pro bono client

Thanks to the pro bono efforts of a Missouri legal team, a single mom from Mexico was able to hug her kids again, nearly a year after their father transported them to Kansas City without her consent.

Apr 9, 2019

‘Pro bono in your pajamas’

You don’t have to wear pajamas while volunteering on the website Free Legal Answers — but you can. And some Missouri attorneys do.

Oct 29, 2018

Big-firm attorneys get pro bono win in insurance dispute

By the time the federal jury returned a verdict on Oct. 17, two large St. Louis law firms had expended hundreds of thousands of dollars in billable hours and approximately […]

May 2, 2018

Pro Bono: Tara A. Nealey

ara Nealey followed an unlikely path to become a shareholder at one of Missouri’s largest law firms. Nealey graduated from Brown University in 1984 with a degree in biomedical ethics. […]

May 2, 2018

Pro Bono: Amy Rebecca Johnson

my Rebecca Johnson works in a punishing area of law. As a partner at Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal in St. Louis, she practices family law, encountering people during particularly difficult […]

Feb 21, 2014

Pro bono attorney wins payment for deceased firefighter’s family

An attorney working pro bono secured a federal benefits payment of more than $300,000 for the family of a firefighter killed in the line of duty.

Dec 5, 2013

New rule in New York allows out-of-state attorneys to offer free services

In-house counsel admitted to practice and in good standing in another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia will be allowed to perform voluntary legal services on behalf of poor and underserved clients.