Traditional community service is not legal work and, therefore according to the ABA standards, does not count towards a student’s pro bono service hours.  Nevertheless, Wake Forest’s students, faculty, and staff have a long tradition of engaging in community service through the law school, the university, and other religious or civic organizations in the Winston-Salem community.  Community service is an important part of the Pro Humanitate spirit of “service to humanity,” which the university espouses and which the law school fosters.  During first-year orientation, all 1L students participate in Habitat for Humanity.

Below is a large sampling of the community service projects that students, faculty, and staff dedicate themselves to in addition to their pro bono legal work:

• Habitat for Humanity
• Phi Alpha Delta – Co-ed Legal, Social, and Service Fraternity
• Law and Medicine Society – Sponsors the Red Cross Blood Drives
• Domestic Violence Advocacy Center – Volunteer at local battered women’s shelter
• Domestic Violence Advocacy Center – Fundraising Raffle for battered women’s shelter
• Domestic Violence Advocacy Center – Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
• Hispanic and Latino Students – Project Pumpkin
• Black Law Student Association – Food Drive
• Black Law Student Association – Project Pumpkin
• Black Law Student Association – Professional Clothing Drive
• Black Law Student Association – Haiti Earthquake Relief Drive
• Youth Advocacy Group – Tutor at Kimberly Park Elementary School
• Youth Advocacy Group – Community Cares Days
• SBA and NCBA – Food Drive
• Simmons Memorial Foundation – Professor Omari Simmons’s foundation that provides educational support programs for high school students from vulnerable at risk groups.
• Pro Bono Project & Public Interest Initiative – Thanksgiving volunteer program for Winston-Salem Rescue Mission
• Outlaw – Held benefit event for Human Rights Campaign
• Public Interest Law Organization – Fundraising campaign and annual Auction to fund public interest and public service summer grants for law students
• Public Interest Law Organization – Kickball for Kids
• Public Interest Law Organization – Angel Tree