Harvey pro bono program launches with law firms

§ 1 Harvey Rolls Out Dedicated Pro Bono Initiative

Legal Super Intelligence (SI), commonly called AI, company Harvey said on September 22, 2026 that it is launching a dedicated pro bono program across the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. ¹ The program begins with a pilot group of law firm customers acting as design partners, an approach the company says will let it refine its tools before expanding more broadly. ¹⁵

The initial design partners are senior pro bono leaders at Ashurst Perkins Coie, DLA Piper and Nelson Mullins. ¹ These firms were selected for their existing relationships with Harvey, the strength of their pro bono practices and their geographic reach across the three target jurisdictions. ⁴ The program was launched out of London, which Harvey's chief operating officer, Katie Burke, described as "an epicentre for the legal market" and a natural home for the company's responsible-business work given how many of its customers are based or active there. ²

§ 2 What the Program Will Do

Christopher Hook, Harvey's global head of responsible business, said in a blog post that starting with a small pilot group would let the company "build a detailed understanding of how Harvey's products can support the vital work they do every day," adding that this knowledge would provide "the foundations that will enable us to scale." ¹⁵

The initial priorities for the program include three strands of work. Harvey plans to create custom SI agents to accelerate high-volume pro bono casework in areas such as housing support, veterans services and social welfare claims. ¹ It will also develop templates and knowledge resources intended for use across the wider legal services ecosystem, and build repeatable workflows meant to free up pro bono teams' time for direct client work. ¹

Beyond these tools, Harvey said it will provide dedicated legal engineering staff to support the pro bono project in both the United States and the United Kingdom. ¹ The company also said it will closely track how its tools affect case outcomes and the capacity of pro bono lawyers to deliver expert advice, suggesting an emphasis on measurable impact rather than tool deployment alone. ⁵

§ 3 Looking Beyond Law Firms

Harvey indicated the pro bono program will not stop at law firm partners. The company said it is exploring partnerships with organizations that provide direct legal services, and that it has already identified an initial cohort of such organizations that will receive free access to Harvey as part of a more in-depth pilot launching later in the year. ¹⁵

Sarah Morton-Ramwell, Global Pro Bono and Social Impact Partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie, said her firm has "a proud history of advancing access to justice through pro bono work that targets systemic change," and that the collaboration with Harvey would help "deliver transformational AI addressing the needs of vulnerable justice system users." ⁵

§ 4 Part of a Broader Responsible Business Push

The pro bono program sits within Harvey's Responsible Business Program, which the company first announced in February 2026. ¹ Harvey has pointed to the scale of unmet legal need as part of the rationale for the initiative, citing a figure that in the United States alone, 1.4 million civil legal problems brought to legal services organizations — 71% of all such cases — go unaddressed because of a lack of resources. ⁵

Hook described the September launch as an early step rather than a finished program, saying "this step represents just the beginning of our work and investment in this area," and that more detailed updates would follow as the initiative develops. ¹