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Corporate Counsel

Merck Legal Department Takes Top Pro Bono Prize

Merck beat out several other legal departments to win pro bono honors from TrustLaw.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Legal Services of Greater Miami Picks Vigues-Pitan as New Leader

Monica Vigues-Pitan has been with the legal aid agency since 2003.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Fragomen Fellow Takes Up Immigrant Pro Bono Post

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy has appointed a new fellow, Caitlin Miner-Le Grand, at the City Bar Justice Center for pro bono immigration representation.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Cobb Justice Jam for Legal Assistance Groups Raises $15K

Justice Jam raised funds to assist Legal Aid of Cobb County/Cobb Justice Foundation aid with civil legal issues such as domestic violence, home defense, family law, and wills.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Global Legal Awards' Grand Prize in Citizenship Honors Pro Bono Efforts in the European Refugee Crisis

Morrison & Foerster and Latham & Watkins are among the law firms cited for their work for refugees.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Legal Aid Hotline Opens for Georgia Irma Victims

The American Bar Association and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have set up a legal aid hotline for Hurricane Irma victims in five coastal Georgia counties: Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty and McIntosh.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Public Interest Calendar of Events

• On Monday, Sept. 25, the Support Center for Child Advocates (SCCA) will host its 12th annual golf classic, Swing for Change, at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. This event benefits the SCCA Project for Medically Needy Children, a ­critical program led by a staff attorney and social worker who team with specially trained volunteer lawyers to secure necessary medical treatment, special education, ­rehabilitation services and permanent nurturing homes for young clients that have serious or chronic medical needs. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and lunch is at 11 a.m. To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/ya25k8fj.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Robinson & Cole Honored for Pro Bono Partnership

The Pro Bono Partnership's Hartford Program recently presented Robinson & Cole with the partnership's inaugural Founders' Award during a 10th anniversary celebration hosted by the firm.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Med-Mal Defense Lawyer Quits to Join Asian-American Rights Effort

The Atlanta chapter of Asian Americans Advancing Justice is lawyering up. The group has hired two new lawyers—including a new litigation director from a local defense firm—and made an existing lawyer position full-time to help immigrants gain citizenship and protect their civil rights.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Civil Legal Services Hearing Focuses on Immigration

The Cuomo administration says it is working on a plan to expand a legal defense fund to help immigrants fight deportation at a hearing Monday at the state Court of Appeals.
8 minute read

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