As expressed in our mission statement, we wish to contribute to the evolution and development of our broader society. Primarily, we achieve this through influencing legislation and its interpretation, taking part in ground-breaking litigation and advising governmental and private clients on matters of major importance to Scandinavian and UK business. However, we have also made it a priority to perform pro bono work, seeking to prevent or correct injustice and contribute to selected community or charitable services.
We strive for success, including sound partner profitability, yet at the same time many of our lawyers entered and remain in the legal profession to “make a difference” and promote justice, a sentiment not based on financial rewards.
As a firm, we have therefore established a pro bono program through which we take on matters on a non-commercial basis, and collaborate with charitable organisations, cultural institutions, and other non-profit entities.
Our partners and lawyers take pride in providing such pro bono counselling. We dedicate significant resources to pro bono work each year and have established guidelines for the selection and handling of pro bono cases.
In recent years, we have as part of this pro bono work given particular priority to cases involving freedom of speech and human rights.
Schjødt also actively participates in a program that provides free legal advice and representation to refugees and immigrants who have received notices of deportation. In several instances, our efforts have led to a reversal of the expulsion rulings, including successful appeals to prior court judgments.