Jung Kyung-ho and So Ju-yeon have been cast in the new tvN drama ‘Pro Bono’ (written by Moon Yoo-seok and directed by Kim Sung-yoon).

‘Pro Bono’ is a comical human court drama about a vulgar judge who becomes a public defender against his will.

This is a collaboration between writer Moon Yoo-seok of the dramas ‘The Devil Judge’ and ‘Ms.Hammurabi’ and director Kim Sung-yoon of the dramas ‘Love in the Moonlight’, ‘Itaewon Class’, and ‘Annarasumanara’.Jung Kyung-ho and So Joo-yeon will star as the lead actors.

First, Jung Kyung-ho plays the role of Kang Da-wit, a public interest lawyer who was formerly a judge.Kang Da-wit is an influencer in the legal profession who has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media with his perfect work and clean image.He is on the verge of a brilliant career but gets caught up in an unexpected incident and resigns from his position as a judge, and begins his life as a public interest lawyer in a hallway where not a single ray of sunlight reaches.Will Kang Da-wit, a materialistic person blinded by success, be able to regain his former fame? Attention is being paid to the eventful life of Kang Da-wit that Jung Kyung-ho will portray.

The role of Park Ki-ppeum, who has the opposite personality to Kang Da-wit, is played by So Ju-yeon.Park Ki-ppeum is a public interest lawyer who, because of her personality of digging deep into something once she becomes obsessed with it, ends up becoming a law nerd after being obsessed with many different things.She is a lawyer who has the mission of protecting human rights and realizing social justice, and she considers helping beautiful legal texts and good citizens who rely on those laws to be healing.We are curious to see So Ju-yeon’s performance as the character of Park Ki-ppeum, who spreads warmth to the world with her kind heart, adding warm energy.

In this way, Kang Da-wit and Park Ki-ppeum meet as lawyers from the public interest team of the non-profit organization ‘Pro Bono’ and use the money they earn by defending conglomerates to defend victims who have lost their homes, thereby realizing justice.The synergy between Kang Da-wit, who knows the tricks of the powerful best, and Park Ki-ppeum, who is passionate about finding ways to help victims, is expected to provide thrilling catharsis.

This has drawn curiosity about the daily lives of public interest lawyers who work on free lawsuits with zero fees and zero sales in a corner of a building that doesn’t get a single ounce of sunlight, rather than in mega law firms where huge profits are at stake, such as inheritance disputes between conglomerates and tax lawsuits.

‘Pro Bono’ will be first broadcast in the second half of the year.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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