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In Parent-Trigger School Fight, Kirkland Lawyers Get an A+

Working pro bono, Kirkland & Ellis lawyers won another round in a long and controversial fight involving the so-called parent-trigger movement, which gives parents the power to force change at failing public schools.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pro Bono NY Lawyers Train Kenyans to Better Prosecute Poaching

Two partners from Shearman & Sterling and a group from Wigdor LLP have joined a pro bono effort to help officials in Kenya prosecute poachers more effectively.
13 minute read

Legaltech News

Lawyers and Coders Agree: Collaboration Improves Access and Efficiency in Law

The first Code for Nashville and Music Legal Hackers meet discussed bridging the justice gap and the potentials of collaborating with today's law students.
11 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Private Philanthropy and the Justice Gap

There is a role for private philanthropy to play in addressing the dire need for increasing the availability of civil legal aid as a complement to their support for other anti-poverty and social justice initiatives and programs.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

$2.4M in State Grants Will Provide Legal Aid to Domestic Violence Victims

The Judicial Council of Georgia has awarded about $2.43 million in grants to eight Georgia nonprofits to provide civil legal services to domestic violence victims.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Shearman & Sterling's Family Ties Behind Syrian Government Suit

For the lawyers who filed suit Saturday seeking to hold Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government responsible for the death of veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, the work was intensely personal.
18 minute read

Daily Report Online

Kilpatrick Tops Atlanta's Big Law Pro-Bono Rankings

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton led Atlanta-based firms in The American Lawyer's annual pro bono ranking of the 200 top-grossing U.S. firms, edging out last year's top-ranked Atlanta firm, Alston & Bird.
28 minute read

National Law Journal

Hogan Lovells Joins Adnan Syed's Pro Bono Defense Team

The subject of the well-known podcast Serial won a new trial and now has new defense lawyers with a team of pro bono lawyers from Hogan Lovells assisting in Adnan Syed's defense.
16 minute read

The American Lawyer

Want To Do Conservative Pro Bono? Good Luck.

Most projects skew left. But some lawyers and firms have bucked the trend.
22 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Akin Gump Leads Texas Firms in National Pro Bono Rankings

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld ranked the highest among Texas Am Law 200 firms on The American Lawyer's Pro Bono report.
55 minute read

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