text: Responding to concerns on the part of the MCCJ , the Pro Bono Resource Center , and others that , despite a long history of strong pro bono commitment , some momentum appears to have been lost in recent years , the Court of Appeals established the Maryland Judicial Commission on Pro Bono in 1998 to reinvigorate the pro bono effort .
  
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  In 1998 efforts were made to spark up the pro bono effort again .