At a reception on June 8, WilmerHale Corporate Counsel Joshua Fox was honored with the Pro Bono Recognition Award from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association.

Fox, who is a member of the WilmerHale Venture Group in the firm’s Waltham office, is one of several firm attorneys who present free law workshops and clinics for small businesses through the firm’s collaboration with the Lawyers’ Committee’s Belin Economic Justice Project and the Massachusetts State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance. He is also active in taking on pro bono matters, from providing corporate advice to helping resolve immigration cases.

The Lawyers’ Committee is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan legal organization that provides pro bono legal representation to victims of discrimination based on race or national origin. The committee’s mission is to provide a safeguard for the civil, social and economic liberties of residents in Greater Boston and throughout Massachusetts.