Membership in the Herb Falk Society

Any Greensboro Bar Association member in good standing who completes at least 75 hours of qualifying Pro Bono Service in a calendar year.

To report your hours of pro bono service for the Herb Falk Society, online submission is preferred. Please complete the accompanying form and click SUBMIT below (or print and mail it to the GBA office).

Report only hours performed during calendar year 2025. If the representation continues into 2026, the 2025 hours should be reported on a separate form for that year.

Though the deadline for reporting 2025 hours is February 6, 2026, you may submit this form upon completion of the representation.

INSTRUCTIONS: Fill out the top portion of the form, and then enter a separate line-item for each pro bono client (or organization) served, clicking the Add Another Pro Bono Client/Activity to enter information for additional pro bono clients.  Please provide (1) a general description of the client (you might use initials for individuals); (2) a general description of the services provided; (3) the total hours for the client in 2025; and (4) the period of time during which services were provided.  Be careful to avoid disclosing any distinguishing information or detail that would breach the obligation of confidentiality.

You are encouraged to track your hours worked as services are performed in order to ensure accurate reporting, but you do not need to provide detailed information regarding the services provided. That being said, you are certifying that you believe the information submitted is accurate to the best of your knowledge.

Types of Qualifying Pro Bono Service

Rule 6.1 of the North Carolina State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct encourages all lawyers to provide at least 50 hours of pro bono work per year.  Subsection (a) encourages the provision of legal services without fee or expectation of fee to:

(1) persons of limited means;

(2) charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations in matters that are designed primarily to address the needs of persons of limited means; or

(3) individuals, groups or organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties or public rights, or charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations in matters in furtherance of their organizational purposes, where the payment of standard legal fees would significantly deplete the organization's economic resources or would be otherwise inappropriate.

Subsection (b) allows you to include hours providing services described in Subsection (a) at substantially reduced fees, and also through participation in activities “improving the law, the legal system, or the legal profession.”

 All types of pro bono service are important, but the GBA recognizes a critical need for and strongly encourages its members to look for opportunities to provide free legal services to persons of limited means.  

 We request that you complete this form for the Herb Falk Society purposes.  It is short and can be completed quickly for each separate client, organization, or activity.  Each client or organization should be listed separately, with a description of (1) the services provided or (2) the activities “improving the law, the legal system, or the legal profession.”

Additionally, some activities may qualify as pro bono work, and also as Community Involvement hours that can qualify persons for the Robert C. Cone Community Involvement Society.  While members are free to categorize those hours under either Society, we ask that the hours only be recorded and submitted once, under one or the other Society reporting frameworks.