InBrief

The National Pro Bono Resource Centre helps lawyers help the neediest of the needy.�It is conducting a national on-line survey of barristers across Australia in conjunction with the NSW Bar Association.� As a measure of thanks for taking part in the survey, the centre will give�six bottles of Wirra Wirra Church Block 2004 red wine to the respondent in NSW who provides the best answer to the survey competition question: What is a collective noun for a group of pro bono lawyers?

The survey is anonymous and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. So far the members of the NSW bar comprise only 15% of the total participants across Australia.

A strong response rate is crucial to the success of the project – all members are encouraged to respond irrespective of whether you have undertaken pro bono work recently.

Pro bono work is an important part of practice often overlooked by the public and your attitude and opinions are crucial to the success of the survey.

The survey is available at http://www.ys2.net.au/surveys/Y70531\_NSW.asp and is endorsed by the Australian Bar Association.

Members with questions regarding the survey can contact the National Pro Bono Resource centre on 02 9385 7381 or survey@nationalprobono.org.au for more information.

Information collected in these surveys will be published by the Centre. Details of how the data will be used are available on the website http://www.nationalprobono.org.au/survey/barsurvey.html .�

The centre, based in the UNSW Law Faculty, is an independent, non profit organisation that encourages pro bono legal services.��

17�October 2007