More than 130 attorneys and 50 staff at Amazon and Davis Wright Tremaine partnered with Kids in Need of Defense, or KIND, to form teams to represent 28 immigrant children seeking to remain in the U.S. due to abuse, abandonment or neglect issues involving their parents. The work earned the company and the firm an Innovations in Pro Bono Award as part of the California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards. Joanna Boisen, the pro bono counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine, recently told The Recorder how the effort came together.

How did this pro bono project come about?

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