Definition of "pro bono" []

• Done without compensation for the public good: a lawyer's pro bono work. (adjective)

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• "By his own real estate transactions, by his special project with Bosk, by his girlfriends, by arranging buys with his drug dealer, Magaly, by his family, by his pro bono clients, all in motion, all spinning, all just barely under control."
• ""And I'm not sure which are my pro bono criminal clients and which are the white-shoe folks we wine and dine at the Downtown Athletic Club.""
• "To the pro bono team of lawyers at Global Health Institute, first of whom I must single out Armand Fried, who after observing me work with a participant donated many hours of his time to watch my back, keep a roof over my head, and keep the barbarians at the gate during the decade of virtually unpaid research for Global Health Institute."