Each year, Pro Bono Québec awards the Médaille de Saint-Yves to recognize the outstanding contribution of a lawyer or law student in the area of pro bono legal services.

Saint-Yves (St. Ivo of Kermartin in English) is the patron saint of all professions related to justice and the law, including lawyers. He lived from 1250 to 1303, and was born and spent most of his life in Brittany, France. He is usually depicted with a purse in one hand, symbolizing the money he gave to the poor during his life, and a scroll in the other hand, which represents his role as an ecclesiastical judge (a judge in courts established by the church). He is also often pictured standing between a rich person and a poor one.