Welcome to Latin Lawyer's 2011 pro bono survey.

The questions below will help us to better understand how pro bono is progressing in the region, and your answers will feed into an evaluation process to identify Latin America's leading law firms in the field of pro bono work. We will publish a list of the region's most proactive firms in an upcoming edition of Latin Lawyer.

The survey is open to all law firms practising local law in a Latin American jurisdiction.

The survey will close at the end of Monday 25 July.

Thank you for your time and participation.

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* 1. What is the name of your firm?

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* 2. What is the average number of pro bono hours associates provides at your firm a year? (Average = associate hours / total associates at the firm)

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* 3. What is the average number of pro bono hours each partner provides at your firm a year? (Average = partner hours / total partners at the firm)

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* 4. Is this a best guess or do you monitor your pro bono hours?

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* 5. Is pro bono tagged to career advancement?

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* 6. How do these numbers compare with 2010?

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* 7. Is your firm a signatory of the Pro Bono Declaration of the Americas?

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* 8. Do you have a pro bono coordinator?

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* 9. Is the coordinator full time (non lawyer), a partner, an associate or other?

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* 10. Is the coordinator male or female?

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* 11. Do you have a pro bono committee?

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* 12. If yes, how often does it meet?

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* 13. Is your firm a member of a pro bono clearinghouse? (If applicable in your jursidiction)

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* 14. Is a member of your firm on the clearinghouse board?

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* 15. If yes, is the board member male or female?

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* 16. Is there a budget set out for pro bono within your firm? What is it for 2011/2012?

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* 17. What percentage of the firm’s pro bono assignments come from the clearinghouse?

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* 18. Does the firm provide funding to the clearinghouse?

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* 19. What was the total sum that you contributed to the clearinghouse last year? (US$)

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* 20. Will the firm provide funding in 2012?

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* 21. What is the main source of funding for the clearinghouse?

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* 22. Will this continue in 2012?

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* 23. If not, what access to funds is available?

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* 24. What has been your firm’s biggest achievement regarding pro bono work in the last 12 months?

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* 25. What are the biggest barriers to pro bono work for 2011/2012 for your firm?

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* 26. What are the biggest barriers to pro bono work for 2011/2012

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* 27. What are the firm’s pro bono targets for the next 12 months?

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* 28. Please list three key projects your firm has worked on in the last 12 months, and provide the following information:

Description of project
Its social impact
Total number of pro bono hours
Contributed by partners
Contributed by associates

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* 29. Please add anything else of note

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