WCL Pro Bono Honors Pledge Program

The WCL Pro Bono Honors Pledge program recognizes the voluntary, uncompensated work undertaken by WCL students while at the law school on behalf of low-income and underrepresented populations or for the public good. The program is designed to encourage students to continue engaging in pro bono service throughout their careers. Students who take the pledge commit to completing a minimum of 75 hours of pro bono and community service projects.  

Our students complete over 10,000 hours of pro bono work annually at organizations around DC and across the country. From collecting data from wrongful convictions, to assisting at tenant clinics, and completing asylum applications, WCL students have helped clients unable to afford legal representation on a wide variety of matter. Our partner organizations have included: 

D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Immigration Legal Advice & Referral Clinic 

Mid Atlantic Innocence Project 

Florida Immigration Coalition 

Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability 

Queens County Supreme Court 

Bet Tzedek Legal Services 

The DC US Attorney's Office 

Forsyth County Public Defender's Office 

Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program 

MCASA Sexual Assault Legal Institute (SALI) 

The American Civil Liberties Union 

CASA for Children of DC 

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless 

The Amica Center 

 

If you are a non-profit, government office, or other organization that would like to coordinate a pro bono project for AUWCL students, please email publicinterest@wcl.american.edu.