ATSILS | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services |
CALD | culturally and linguistically diverse |
Centre | Australian Pro Bono Centre, formerly the National Pro Bono Resource Centre |
CLC | community legal centre |
CLE | community legal education |
collaborative service delivery | in the context of pro bono legal work, a model whereby legal and non-legal service providers collaborate to identify and address legal needs in the context of needs in other areas such as health or housing |
community legal centre | an independent, not-for-profit community-based organisation that exists to provide free legal services to the community, with a focus on economically and socially disadvantaged people who have the least access to justice |
community legal organisation | For the purposes of this book a community legal organisation includes, but is not limited to, CLCs, PBROs, ATSILS, FVPLS and other ILOs. |
CSR | corporate social responsibility |
FTE | full-time equivalent |
FVPLS | Family Violence Prevention Legal Services |
Health Justice Partnership | a collaboration between legal and health service providers to identify and address a client’s legal issues in the context of their health issues |
HJP | Health Justice Partnership |
ILO | Indigenous legal organisation |
LSMUL | The Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Legal Services Multi-Use List |
LAC | Legal Aid Commission |
large law firm | for the purpose of this book, a law firm with between 450 and 1,000 full-time equivalent lawyers |
LAW Survey | the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales’ 2012 Legal Australia Wide Survey |
Manual | The Australian Pro Bono Manual – A Practice Guide and Resource Kit for Law Firms |
Mid-sized law firm | for the purpose of this book, a law firm with between 50 and 449 full-time equivalent lawyers |
MOU | memorandum of understanding |
NACLC | National Association of Community Legal Centres |
National Pro Bono Aspirational Target | a voluntary target of at least 35 pro bono hours of legal work per lawyer per year: for more information see the Centre’s website.1 |
National Law Firm Directory | an online guide to Australian law firms with well-developed pro bono practices developed by the Centre to facilitate pro bono referrals, allowing the user to find firms by area of law who may be willing to provide pro bono assistance and provides contact details and a profile of that firm2 |
National Law Firm Pro Bono Survey | the Centre’s biennial National Law Firm Pro Bono Survey of Australian firms with fifty or more lawyers |
NFP | not-for-profit organisation |
NGO | non-government organisation |
not-for-profit organisation | an organisation that does not operate for the profit, personal gain or other benefit of particular people |
NPA Report
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the 2014 Final Report of the Review of the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services prepared by the Allen Consulting Group (now ACIL Allen Consulting) |
PBRO | pro bono referral scheme or organisation |
pro bono legal services | For the purpose of this book, Pro bono legal services, as defined for the National Pro Bono Aspirational Target, is time spent by lawyers (including law graduates not yet admitted to practice):
The following is not regarded as pro bono legal work for the purposes of this book:
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pro bono legal work | See pro bono legal services |
pro bono referral schemes and organisations (collectively PBROs) | Pro bono referral schemes and organisations facilitate the efficient provision of pro bono legal services by acting as an intermediary between people or organisations in need of legal assistance and the lawyers willing to assist.
Pro bono referral organisations are generally membership-based (for example Justice Connect, JusticeNet SA and QPILCH). In other jurisdictions, these organisations are also referred to as pro bono clearing houses (for example, PILnet’s Global Pro Bono Clearinghouse). Pro bono referral schemes are not membership based and in Australia are generally run by law societies or other organisations (for example, the Cancer Council). |
QPILCH | Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House |
regional area | a regional city or large town that is outside of the State or Territory capital, but is a large centre in its own right |
remote area | an area that is far from the nearest regional centre or small town — it may be difficult as well as time-consuming to reach the area from the nearest population centre by road |
rural area | a small town that is dependent on rural industries, or the area outside of such a town |
RRR | regional, rural or remote area |
small law firm | for the purpose of this book, a law firm with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent lawyers |
Target | National Pro Bono Aspirational Target |
Victorian Panel | Victorian Government Legal Services Panel |
What Works | Australian Pro Bono Centre, Pro Bono Partnerships and Models — A Practical Guide to What Works, 2nd ed, LexisNexis, Sydney, 2016.3 |
1 http://probonocentre.org.au/provide-pro-bono/aspirational-target/.
2 http://probonocentre.org.au/legal-help/directory/.
3 http://probonocentre.org.au/information-on-pro-bono/our-publications/what-works/.