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.