Pro Bono at Microsoft
Our mission
To inspire and empower Microsoft employees and community partners to create solutions that promote justice for all by providing those in need with access to legal knowledge, resources, and services.
The need for pro bono services
9.3
Low-income Washingtonians faced an average of 9.3 legal problems in 2014, triple the average experienced a decade prior.
86%
86 percent of the civil legal problems reported by low-income Americans received inadequate or no legal help.
60%
More than 60 percent of unaccompanied children in the United States—tens of thousands of children— do not have lawyers in immigration court.
90%
In eviction lawsuits nationwide, an estimated 90 percent of landlords are represented, and 90 percent of tenants are not.
The evolution of pro bono at Microsoft
The impact of pro bono at Microsoft
20,000
Number of unaccompanied immigrant children Kids in Need of Defense has served since Microsoft co-founded the organization in 2008.
9,840
Number of average annual pro bono hours committed collectively by Microsoft attorneys in the US.
1,500
Number of pro bono hours Microsoft employees have volunteered to assist Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in 2019.
3,000
Number of pro bono hours Microsoft employees have spent in service to mothers and children detained at the Texas border in 2019.
Microsoft and the Seattle Clemency Project
Partnering with pro bono organizations
Microsoft is proud to partner with the following legal services organizations, nonprofits, law schools, and law firms to increase the collective work toward a more just and equitable world.
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Legal help from an unexpected source
At age 12, Enni Ramirez fled her country to find safety. Now she has a green card and a new life with the help of Meghan Yoshimura, KIND, and the Microsoft Pro Bono Program.
Evolving the in-house pro bono program
To inspire other in-house legal departments to evolve their own pro bono programs, Microsoft and the Pro Bono Institute co-created this maturity model as a tool for assessment and growth.
Pro bono helps inventors curb pollution
Four Microsoft pro bono volunteer attorneys and the MakeWhatsNext Patent Program helped inventors at Greenon High School in Ohio obtain a patent on their invention to address local water pollution.
Protect journalists to defend democracy
Learn about the Protecting Journalists pro bono initiative and the work to defend the pillar of our democracy that is journalism and journalists' rights.
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