Pro Bono lawyers’ choir do justice to songs

Move over the singing Priests… it’s time for the singing
lawyers.

A choir of 50 solicitors and barristers from across Northern
Ireland are hoping to do justice to a host of Christmas songs.

Singing is no trial for this band. Strong on conviction, they
have swapped the scales of justice for the Doh-Re-Mi of musical
scales.

The choir, known as the Pro Bonos, are keen to out-bono Bono
when they appear in a charity concert.

The venue is St George’s Church, Belfast, on 14 December.

“We want to be known for musical records, not criminal ones,”
said choir chairman and Belfast solicitor Joe Rice.

Of course, there have been many jokes about how they might
murder a decent song but the lawyers are used to it.

“The choir started off as a solictors’ choir. It was a first for
the The Law Society of Northern Ireland – and there was a very
positive response,” said Mr Rice.