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Pro Bono
Prompt and efficient help to self-help
PLESNER HAS AGAIN THIS YEAR WORKED ON A VARIETY OF PRO BONO ASSIGNMENTS, PROJECTS AND SOLUTIONS – ALL BENEFITING CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FOCUSED ON VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE SERIOUSLY ILL.
Last year’s administrative restructuring of Plesner’s pro bono programme was intend- ed to focus energies and resources on the core of the project: helping and advising the charitable organisations included under our CSR programme.
“The road from enquiry to action has definitely become shorter – which has re-energised the project and resulted in improved communications and shorter waiting times. We have significantly reduced the time spent on administration and increased the time spent on concrete advisory services, with the vast majority of enquiries processed within a few days. All things considered, we now handle pro bono cases with much greater efficiency and flexibility – which benefits the organisations”, says Lars Mygind Bojsen, Attorney-at-Law and Pro Bono coordinator at Plesner.
Expanding collaboration
At Plesner, we continuously assess how best to strengthen the programme and make the most of the resources allocated to our pro bono work. According to Lars Mygind Bojsen, eight charitable organisations are currently receiving free legal advice from Plesner:
”The degree to which the organisations
draw on our assistance varies a lot. When
we establish a partnership with a new organisation, we naturally put a lot of
work and effort into start-up projects and basic assistance in establishing the legal framework. This was also the case with
the Child Brain Cancer Foundation (Børne Hjernecancer Fonden), with whom we formed a partnership last year. Other organisations have been part of the programme for
years and today require other types of assistance than when they first joined. This
is true of Children’s Welfare (Børns Vilkår) and the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation (Muskelsvindfonden), whose projects
are typically more complex and require specific, specialised assistance. We are also planning to strengthen our dialogue with the organisations to help them define more work that can be provided within the framework of the partnership.”
Strong staff commitment
The revitalisation of Plesner’s pro bono work is also noticeable internally, with em- ployees showing a keen interest in assisting with the very diverse issues presented by the organisations.
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