The National Law Journal’s 2025 Pro Bono Scorecard shows that lawyers at Am Law 200 firms devoted an average of 55.1 hours to pro bono work in 2024, a 1.8% rise from the 54.1-hour average recorded in 2023. Despite the uptick per lawyer, total pro bono hours across the cohort slipped slightly to about 5.12 million, continuing a gradual decline from the pandemic-era peak of 5.45 million hours in 2020. Jenner & Block topped the latest rankings, followed by Covington & Burling, WilmerHale and Patterson Belknap. Each of the ten highest-scoring firms reported more than 100 pro bono hours per attorney last year. The scorecard weights both average hours and the proportion of lawyers who contribute at least 20 hours, aiming to gauge depth and breadth of engagement. Separately, Bloomberg Law released its inaugural Leading Law Firms list, which measures success on a broader set of criteria—including agility, talent retention and innovation—reflecting a growing industry view that pro bono commitment is one of several indicators clients and recruits use to assess firm performance.