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Freshfields UK Pro Bono Hours Rocketed By More Than 50% Through Pandemic

Lawyers' desire to get involved with pro bono matters during the COVID-19 lockdowns prompted the uptick in hours, as well as exceptional mandates, said the firm's pro bono head.
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Six Firms Team Up As Pro Bono Legal Tech Platform Ramps Up in UK

U.S. pro bono software organisation Paladin will work particularly closely with one of the UK's largest firms as part of its expansion into the country.
2 minute read

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More Law Firms Opt to Count Pro Bono Hours Towards Utilisation Targets

As Pro Bono Week begins, Law.com research finds two more firms are viewing such work as equivalent to billable time.
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Simmons Will Give £100,000 In Legal Advice To Start Ups Tackling Climate Change

The dedicated fund comes as law firms continue to ramp up ESG efforts.
2 minute read

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Mishcon to Sue UK Government Over Stranded Afghan Judges

Up to 200 former members of the Afghan judiciary are believed to be in danger of retribution from the Taliban, including many women.
2 minute read

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In 70 Years at Weil, Antitrust Partner Millstein Has Seen Legal Business Transform

"It's paramount that you not get stuck in the milieu into which you were born and you become sensitive to how the world is changing, and what the attitudes of younger generations might be now," Ira Millstein says.
7 minute read

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'Do it for Julian': DLA Piper Partner Bikes Across the US To Honor His Late Son

After losing his 20-year old son to a rare cancer, DLA Piper partner Alec Fraser is raising money for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center by biking over 4,500 miles across the country.
6 minute read

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Afghan Pro-Bono Efforts Ramp Up at Law Firms

Those efforts, say lawyers involved, revolve around the things that law firms are set up to do efficiently and on a large scale: research, information-gathering and dissemination, and networking among themselves and with experts in the field.
5 minute read

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International Bar Groups Call for Nation-States to 'Evacuate' At-Risk Judges and Lawyers From Afghanistan

About 250 female judges inside Afghanistan, some of whom have previously tried and sentenced Taliban members, are believed to be at particularly grave risk, the bar groups said. In January, even before U.S. military forces withdrew from Afghanistan, two female judges were assassinated in Kabul.
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Could Pro Bono be the Golden Ticket to Fulfilling ESG Goals?

Supporting social entrepreneurs allows attorneys to contribute to the firm's wider ESG efforts.
5 minute read

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