Drew & Napier sets up new Pro Bono Department

01 Feb 2012

Drew & Napier has set up a Pro Bono Department on 1 February 2012. The Department is expected to harness the expertise of Drew & Napier's lawyers who will provide legal services to pro bono clients on an ad-hoc basis. The Pro Bono Department will be led by Tony Yeo and Petrus Huang, who are both directors of the firm, and is supported by an administrator and by members of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and other volunteer lawyers.

The Pro Bono Department was set up following the recent exhortation by the Chief Justice in his Opening of the Legal Year 2012 speech, calling for larger law firms in Singapore to set up pro bono departments in order to give back to the needy in our society. The firm has also adopted the suggestion by the Chief Justice to law firms to recognize the pro bono effort of their lawyers by crediting their pro bono work with a financial incentive.

Read about Drew’s Corporate Social Responsibility efforts here.