Mitchell Williams values giving back to the communities where we work and live. Our attorneys and staff help individuals and organizations in need throughout the year providing pro bono legal services. By helping those in need, we strengthen our relationship with our communities and fulfill our ethical obligation as lawyers to the cause of the impoverished, the defenseless, and the oppressed.
Our Pro Bono Committee supports our attorneys in assisting a wide variety of organizations and individuals. By adopting a policy that gives our attorneys billable hour credit for pro bono work, pro bono services are respected with the same value and credibility as other work. Additionally, pro bono work provides attorneys and staff the opportunity to work on special interests, diversify their professional experiences, exercise creative legal skills and give back to the community.
In 2022, our team contributed 641 hours to pro bono matters. Through pro bono work, we are engaged with constitutional rights, racial and socioeconomic injustice, expungements and youth affairs. Some of the organizations we partner with to provide pro bono services within our local communities include:
- Arkansas Access to Justice
- Arkansas Bar Association
- Arkansas Legal Aid
- Benton County Bar Association
- CASA
- Center for Arkansas Legal Services
- Single Parent Scholarship Fund
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
- University of Arkansas School of Law Delta Initiative
We also support our Take Time To Give charities with pro bono support and many of our attorneys contribute pro bono services in their community involvement roles throughout the year.