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HopgoodGanim adds pro bono partner
HopgoodGanim has bolstered its pro bono offering with an inaugural pro bono partner appointment — a move the firm said will further support its pro bono impact strategy.
Lauren Croft
Effective as of this month, Leanne Collingburn will become the HopgoodGanim inaugural pro bono partner, after joining the firm in early 2022 as its first head of pro bono.
“HopgoodGanim is committed to giving back to the communities we have served as a legal firm for close to five decades,” he said.
“Under Leanne’s leadership, our Pro Bono practice will continue to enable us to connect and use our legal expertise to support positive outcomes and change for individuals and the broader community.”
Ms Collingburn is a leading pro bono lawyer, and social impact and human rights advocate with considerable experience in pro bono practice management and social impact programs. She has been practising exclusively pro bono since 2014. Further to her work at HopgoodGanim, she is a management committee member of Caxton Legal Centre and served on the Board of the Australian Pro Bono Centre from 2017 to 2022.
“I am delighted to be appointed partner and look forward to continuing to deliver impact and outcomes for positive social and environmental change through our pro bono program,” she said.
“I am proud of the investment HopgoodGanim has made in pro bono. Since launching our pro bono impact strategy in May 2022, we have worked with an amazing group of external partners and promoters, as well as individual clients, to deliver outcomes across our three pro bono priority areas of working with First Nations communities, mitigating the impact of environmental disasters, and reducing domestic and family violence.
“Importantly, it is not the ‘business case’ that drives pro bono at HopgoodGanim, but the people. HopgoodGanim’s culture of giving runs deep and I have been overwhelmed with the firm’s generosity and authenticity.”
Lauren Croft
Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel industry publications and Travel Weekly. Originally born in England, Lauren enjoys trying new bars and restaurants, attending music festivals and travelling. She is also a keen snowboarder and pre-pandemic, spent a season living in a French ski resort.
