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The Cambridge Pro Bono Project invites proposals for research projects for our next academic year (beginning October 2025).The CPP typically partners with organisations, including NGOs, charities, courts or barristers’ chambers, in order to produce a research report addressing a topic of interest to the project partner. Projects are usually selecte…

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP) is seeking project proposals for the 2022-23 academic year.If you are an NGO, charity, barrister, court or other organisation seeking research expertise in the areas of public international law, criminal law, human rights, public law, or on any matter of public interest, we would love to hear from you.Project pr…

The CPP's 2021-2022 annual lecture/event took place on 27 April 2022. Executive Director Alexandra Allen-Franks introduced Lord Justice Singh and Stephanie Palmer, who spoke together for about 45 minutes. We then had a question and answer session with questions coming from our audience of CPP members, law faculty and friends.We are very grateful to…

We are delighted to announce that our annual event/lecture for the 2021-2022 academic year will be held on 27 April 2022 in LG19 of the David Williams building (law faculty). Please join us to hear Lord Justice Singh speak about his book The Unity of Law together with Dr Stephanie Palmer. All students, staff and friends of the CPP are welcome to at…

The Cambridge Pro-Bono Project is calling for applications from PhD, LLM, MCL and MPhil (Criminology) students interested in volunteering in the role of Project Manager for the 2021-2022 academic year.  We are recruiting 6-12 students as Project Managers for the 2021-2022 academic year. The students appointed will be responsible for supervising a …

A copy of the CPP's final report is available here: The Cambridge Pro Bono Project speaker series kicks-off this year with a panel discussion on the UK’s obligation to investigate, record and report civilian casualties in armed conflict.  The event will take place on Thursday, 7 October, at 7pm (GMT+1).  Guest speakers include Ian Overton, Executiv…

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project recently completed a research project for the Access to Justice Foundation. The aim of the project was to gauge awareness amongst practitioners, legal advice clinics and the judiciary of the pro bono costs scheme in s.194 Legal Services Act 2007. The Foundation is the charity designated by the legislation for receipt …

The CPP is currently accepting project proposals for the 2021-22 academic year. Proposals should be submitted by email before 24 September 2021. For general information, visit our FAQ page. For specific information about preparing a project proposal, and to read about our past projects, visit our projects page.

On Wednesday 19th May the Cambridge Pro Bono Project hosted Baroness Beeban Kidron as its Annual Lecturer. Baroness Kidron gave a fascinating talk, speaking about her personal journey to advocacy. She explored the importance of having a voice, being listened to, and the power of storytelling for advocacy.Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE is a Crossbench P…

On 9 March 2020, the Cambridge Pro Bono Project was pleased to be able to host Dr Pablo González Domínguez, a Staff Attorney at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, as part of our ongoing Speaker Series. Dr González Domínguez has a JSD in International Human Rights Law from the University of Notre Dame, an LLM from Georgetown University and an…

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project was deilghted to welcome back one of its founding members, Dr Jason Pobjoy, now a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, to talk to us about his career and pro bono work on 25 February 2021. Jason gave a very interesting overview of how pro bono work has featured in his career, and how his own interests shifted focus over …

On 18 February, the CPP hosted Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC, together with the University of Cambridge's Centre for Public Law. The topic of Sir Jeffrey's talk was "Is the UK Constitution Fit for Purpose?"Sir Jeffrey gave an overview of the challenges the UK's constitution has been facing in recent years, and highlighted areas where fault lines seem …

On 4 February 2021, the CPP hosted Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC as part of its Speaker Series. Caoilfhionn spoke on the topic of "The Value of Pro Bono Work (or: Pro Bono, Low Bono & Keeping the Lights on)".Watch Caoilfhionn's enlightening talk below:

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project is excited to release its Term Card for Lent 2021!On 4 February 2021, we will hear from Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC on "The Value of Pro Bono Work".On 18 February 2021, we will host Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC together with the Centre for Public Law. The title of his talk is "Is the UK Constitution Fit For Purpose?"On 25 …

On 1 December 2020, Saul Lehrfreund MBE, founder of The Death Penalty Project, spoke to the Cambridge Pro Bono Project on the topic of "The Death Penalty: Context, Challenges and Controversy".The Death Penalty Project is an international legal action charity based at Simons Muirhead & Burton LLP. It aims to use the law to protect prisoners facing e…