pro bono

Definition

Without charging a fee, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means.

Etymology

Abbreviated from Latin prō bonō publicō (“for the public good”).

Example Sentences

• "The firm currently has about half a dozen pro bono cases at any one time."
• "After he retired, he offered representation pro bono from time to time."
• "Esther Lardent, chief consultant to the ABA's Post Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project, which has helped recruit pro bono lawyers for death row appeals since 1987, begs to differ. Finding a lawyer to represent a death row inmate has never been easy, Lardent says. And finding one now, she says, will be harder than ever."