Morning Wrap: D.C. Pro Bono Week Prompts Low Bono Firm Ribbon-Cutting, Social Media Campaigns, Dress-Down Friday
D.C. Pro Bono week will conclude with a “Go Casual for Justice” fundraiser at firms across the city: This is a round-up of legal news from ALM and around the country.
October 29, 2015 at 05:53 AM
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Pro Bono Week Push: There have been lots of goings on this week for lawyers and firms to give back to the community since it's D.C. Pro Bono Week. The Washington Council of Lawyers created a Tumblr and social media campaign just for the week. We at the NLJ highlighted good deeds done by the legal community throughout the year in this pro bono round-up post. Lawyers Without Borders opened a new office in Washington, in a space given to the group by Jones Day. And Georgetown University Law Center, Arent Fox and DLA Piper cut the ribbon on a new “low-bono” public interest nonprofit yesterday. It will be staffed by Georgetown Law graduates working within the Arent Fox building and will serve low-income people in need of civil legal help, according to ABA Journal.
Joined w/my alma mater @GeorgetownLaw to tour the DC Affordable Law Firm, new #LowBono firm w/@arentfox& @DLA_Piper pic.twitter.com/xpYssjI5OL
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) October 28, 2015
The lack of affordable law firms in DC is a crisis, and that's what this firm is all about. – Dean William Treanor, @GeorgetownLaw #DCALF
— Arent Fox LLP (@arentfox) October 28, 2015
Jeans for Justice: Here's one more pro bono-related opportunity! The DC Bar Foundation is organizing a “Go Casual” Friday, where lawyers will collect donations while their colleagues wear jeans or Halloween costumes for the day. The foundation has more information on the effort, and how to organize your firm this week or later this year. At Crowell & Moring, for instance, this Friday is jeans day, and participating staff will be asked to contribute $5 while attorneys pay $25, according to Susie Hoffman, the firm's pro bono partner and president of the foundation's board.
The fundraiser has an online presence on Swell Fundraising, complete with donation tools and a leaderboard. Donations benefit the DC Bar Foundation's assistance of legal aid efforts in the city. Last year, 60 law firms and other workplaces raised more than $70,000.
EU Action: Washington-based plaintiffs firm Hausfeld has inked a deal with litigation funder Burford Capital that will allow the pair to pursue cartel claims in Germany and open an office there, Hausfeld's third in Europe.
Secret Memos: Charlie Savage of the New York Times uncovers how four federal lawyers–Stephen Preston, the C.I.A.'s general counsel; Mary DeRosa, the National Security Council's legal adviser; then-Rear Admiral James Crawford III, the Joint Chiefs of Staff legal adviser, and Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon general counsel–did the legal prep work that allowed the White House to pursue the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden.
City Perks: The city of Dayton, Ohio, will take an unusual step to keep a law firm in its downtown: Give it free money. The firm Faruki Ireland & Cox, which is well-known in the city, according to the Dayton Daily News, will get $75,000 in public funds for office renovation expenses.
Courtroom Art: Former House Speaker and Dickstein Shapiro lobbyist Dennis Hastert pled guilty yesterday to federal criminal charges. Here's a peek inside the courtroom:
#Hastert seated with his lawyer, Tom Green, before pleading guilty. pic.twitter.com/M10ZtQ5zQu
— Arthur Lien (@Courtartist) October 28, 2015
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