Morning Wrap: D.C. Pro Bono Week Prompts Low Bono Firm Ribbon-Cutting, Social Media Campaigns, Dress-Down Friday

— 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