The Laird Bell Law Quadrangle at dusk. (University of Chicago Law School Communications Staff/University of Chicago Law School Communications Office)

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The Law School’s Pro Bono Service Initiative, by the numbers.

2010

Year the Law School’s Pro Bono Service Initiative was created

50

Hours per year students must work to fulfill the optional pro bono pledge

465

Students who have completed the pledge

83

Host organizations and clients benefiting from the Class of 2019’s pro bono work

59,068

Total number of pro bono hours logged since the initiative’s inception

483

Most pro bono hours logged in a year by a Class of 2019 student

1,159

Most pro bono hours ever logged by a single student in a year