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INADMISSIBLE: New Pro Bono CEO Led Corporate Push

By | April 25, 2016
The Pro Bono Institute has named Eve Runyon as its new president and CEO, following the death of the group's founder and longtime leader Esther Lardent on April 4. Plus more in this week's column.
42 minute read

National Law Journal

Meet the Stanford Law Grad Behind the 'Three Strikes' Tribeca Documentary

A conversation with Stanford fellow Susan Champion, who worked with Michael Romano, co-founder and director of the Three Strikes Project, which is featured in a documentary called “The Return."
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Garland, Mum on Nomination, Urges Lawyers to Close Justice Gap

In a rare public speech since his nomination to the U.S. Supreme was announced, Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit delivered remarks at the court's annual pro bono recognition breakfast. He urged lawyers to do more to close the access-to-justice gap.
71 minute read

Litigation Daily

How This 3L Won a Precedent-Setting Sixth Circuit Case

Some lawyers wait years for the chance to argue before a federal court of appeals. Kellie Kulka did it as a third year law student--and just won a precedent-setting decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Credit Squire Patton Boggs with the opportunity.
12 minute read

Law.com

Microsoft to Fund New Pilot Project to Improve Legal Aid

The Legal Services Corp. is expected to announce a $1 million gift from the technology giant at the White House on Tuesday. The group will also name a new leadership council whose members range from Eric Holder to University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh.
15 minute read

Litigation Daily

For Boies Schiller, Florida Medicaid Win Was 10 Years in the Making

A decade after they began fighting to reform the way Florida delivers Medicaid services to kids, partners Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb can finally claim a hard-won victory.
19 minute read

The American Lawyer

After Founder's Death, Pro Bono Institute Names New Leader

Onetime Skadden associate Eve Runyon will serve as the group's president and CEO, following the death of founder and longtime leader Esther Lardent on April 4.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Civil Rights Head: 'Moral Imperative' to Close Justice Gap

Lawyers have a "moral obligation" to support organizations that provide civil legal services to low-income Americans, Vanita Gupta, head of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, said in remarks earlier this week.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Could This Simple Idea Solve the Justice Gap?

It's not impossible to address legal problems cheaply and efficiently for low-income clients. Just ask Allen Schwartz, whose Chicago hotline has been doing it for 23 years.
15 minute read

Law.com

UC Law Schools Get $4.5M for Public Interest Fellowships

The University of California has established a $4.5 million annual public interest fellowship program open to students and recent graduates at four of its law schools. University President Janet Napolitano unveiled the program, called the University of California President's Public Service Law Fellowships, Wednesday at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.
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