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Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility

Pro bono and community involvement

We recognise that we have a responsibility to use our skills and resources to help people in need, improve access to justice and serve the greater interests of society.  We feel that this is particularly relevant in relation to our surrounding community.

Involvement in community projects is open to everyone in the firm; whether it be by providing free legal advice to community organisations, mentoring children in local schools or taking part in community sports activities. We aim to encourage this commitment, to ensure that we are recognised as a socially aware and active business, and to make sure that everyone who participates gets proper credit.

Our main community involvement project is a numeracy scheme at the Mulberry School on the Commercial Road in London and our main pro bono project is the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre at the University of London.

We currently undertake work for mainstream national charities, two London hospitals, the Spitalfields arts and educational festival, a charitable trust promoting excellence in documentary film making, an internationally renowned charity and a number of relatively small charitable foundations. Besides contributing free advice and representation to groups including those campaigning for victims of terrorism abroad and advocates of employee ownership of businesses, a number of our partners sit on the governing bodies of charitable and not for profit bodies including such diverse organisations as AccountAbility, the Spitalfields Festival, National Health Service Trusts and the Grierson Trust. Members of our staff are also school governors in local schools.

We recognise the following benefits from community activities:

  • skills development
  • team building opportunities
  • integration between all people and between teams and departments
  • enhanced recruitment and retention of talented people
  • a ready response to requests from clients, outside agencies and individuals for information about our community activities

Please click on the links below to find out more about the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre, the Mulberry School and our other pro bono and community involvement activities.