* Includes the 200 highest grossing law firms in the United States, of which 63 declined to provide information to the source regarding domestic pro bono activities.
Pro bono work is defined by the source as legal services donated to organizations or individuals that could not otherwise afford them.
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Average hours spent on pro bono work at U.S. law firms by type of lawyer 2019
This statistic shows the average hours spent on pro bono work by lawyers at U.S. law firms in 2019, broken down by whether the lawyer is based in the United States or overseas. In that year, U.S.-based lawyers performed on average hours of pro bono work.
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The American Lawyer. (July 1, 2020). Average hours spent on pro bono work at law firms based in the United States in 2019, by type of lawyer* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/879869/average-hours-spent-on-pro-bono-work-at-us-law-firms-by-type-of-lawyer/
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