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Prof. Dr. Jan Hegemann

Raue LLP expects its partners and associates to use their skills for the common good and to help individuals in particular need of assistance. We regard a willingness to “give something back” to society to be part and parcel of the job, and actively encourage our staff to dedicate some of their time to the provision of free legal services. This means that pro-bono work is carried out to exactly the same high standards as we would provide for paying clients. Our pro-bono services are offered to those in need of help who would otherwise not be able to afford adequate legal advice, and to causes where we are convinced that our work will contribute to the common good.

The firm is a member of Pro Bono Deutschland e.V., the first association of leading law firms in Germany advancing the idea of free legal advice for charitable organizations. Furthermore, Christian von Hammerstein is a member of Conseil d'Europe of the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP). The international organization ISLP provides the pro bono services of skilled and experienced lawyers to promote human rights, equitable and sustainable economic development and the rule of law worldwide.

Recent pro-bono projects that our partners and associates have been involved in include:

• Advising the project "himmelbeet". The "himmelbeet" is a multicultural community garden on the top parking deck of the Schiller Park Center  in Berlin-Wedding. It is scheduled to open in May 2013 and will be a meeting place and learning center for all ages and from all backgrounds. It will not only improve the possibility of self-sufficiency in the city but the social structure in the neighborhood as well.
• Terra Concordia: Advising Terra Concordia, an organization dedicated to the protection of the environment and to increasing public education in botany, on its foundation as a non-profit organization.
• Vincentino e.V.: Ongoing legal advice to Vincentino e.V., an organization advocating art projects at schools in order to provide less privileged children with the opportunity to experience art and culture.
• Supporting a project in Berlin that seeks to establish a center for interreligious dialog at Tempelhofer Feld regarding all legal matters of association.
• German Literature Archives Marbach: Advising the German Literature Archives Marbach on the purchase of Kafka letters as well as on the contractual arrangements with the Bodleian Library regarding access to and exhibition of the letters.
• Festspielhaus Afrika Project: Advising Festspielhaus Afrika project in Burkina Faso which has been initiated by the late artist Christoph Schlingensief, on all legal matters.
• Advising Teach First Deutschland gGmbH, an organization which recruits highly qualified graduates to teach for a year in social problem areas after leaving university.
• Advising BCG – Bund Contergangeschädigter und Grünenthalopfer e.V, a charity representing German thalidomide victims.
• Advising various charitable organizations whose activities range from development in Africa to promoting choral singing and protecting Germany’s architectural heritage.