{"id":10219,"date":"2025-04-08T11:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/?page_id=10219"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:03:10","slug":"pro-bono","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/pro-bono\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Bono Ontario\u2019s Amicus Single Judge Motions Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal and Pro Bono Ontario (PBO) have re-launched PBO\u2019s <em>Amicus <\/em>at the Court of Appeal Program.<\/p>\n<p>Each Wednesday, lawyers volunteering with PBO will help self-represented litigants with single judge motions.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteer lawyers act as duty counsel and appear as <em>amicus curiae<\/em>, or \u201cfriends of the court\u201d, on a pro bono (free) basis.<\/p>\n<p>Duty counsel may provide advice or make submissions that support self-represented litigants in the program. 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