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Pro Bono
Renewed energy in pro bono advice
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DURING THE PAST YEAR PLESNER HAS CREATED A MORE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR PRO BONO WORK THAT EFFICIENTLY SUPPORT PROBLEM SOLVING AND STRENGTHENS PART- NERSHIPS WITH SELECTED DANISH CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.
The charitable organisations that receive free legal advice from Plesner today are now reaping the benefits of the internal process optimisation implemented a couple of years ago for the purpose of streamlining the pro bono programme.
"It is safe to say that the pro bono programme works much better today. Focus and efficiency improvement of the programme has made us more agile when it comes to the organisations. We are able to respond in a quicker and more efficient manner, and we avoid bottlenecks because inquiries are often addressed directly to the relevant and specialised people. It has certainly contributed highly to increasing the organisations' benefits from our work," says Attorney Lars Mygind Bojsen, who is Pro Bono coordinator at Plesner.
Mature and flexible setup
Today, Plesner has partnerships with eight selected charitable organisations that have received pro bono legal advice and specific help to solve large and small matters for a number of years. The organisations increas- ingly act as ordinary clients seeking assis- tance for specific matters.
"To begin with, the organisations typically needed help to identify their requirement for
advice. Today most organisations are good at requesting advice in relation to both large and small matters. I consider it as an indication that our setup with the organisations has be- come more mature and flexible. This flexibility has not only created new energy in the contact to the charitable organisations, it has also created more incentive among our own peo- ple, who can tell that resources are being used efficiently. I consider this a great advantage."
Complex work
All eight charitable organisations are fo- cusing specifically on vulnerable children and young people as well as those who are critically ill. No new organisations have been added during the year but the extent and the complexity of the work performed for the existing organisations are increasing. Several charitable organisations are growing rapidly and require Plesner's legal assistance and professional services during the pro- cess.
This is the case of Children's Welfare, which recently opened a new office in Aarhus and received legal assistance for contract ne- gotiations and other matters in connection with the setting up of the office. Also, Make- a-Wish Denmark has strengthened its ties to the worldwide Make-a-Wish Foundation and
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