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Daily Report Online

Do It Yourself: For Many in Georgia, Legal Help Just Isn't Available

"We're actually providing the kind of assistance somebody would get if they were coming in and paying billable hours," said Middle Georgia Justice executive director Amy Griffith Dever. "The beauty is that we don't have to deal with billable hours."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Struggling to Find Attorneys: 'Might as Well Be in the Desert'

"We haven't been able to get that many lawyers here to actually agree to do pro bono from start to finish on some cases," said Gerald Williams, executive director of the Southwest Georgia Legal Self-Help Center.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Year After Fall of Kabul, Paul Hastings Rallies Big Law to Finish Asylum Applications for Afghan Female Tactical Platoon

The law firm collaborated with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, McGuireWoods, and Vedder Price to file more than 50 asylum applications just before the one-year deadline.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

One of Life's Rare Win-Wins? Legal Department-Law Firm Pro Bono Partnerships

"The desire to partner with law firms from corporate in-house teams has really increased exponentially over the last 10 years," said Gibson Dunn partner Katie Marquart, who chairs the firm's pro bono practice.
5 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Chief Pro Bono and Social Impact Officer: 'I Combine My Passion for Social Justice With a Keen Business Mind,' Says Joanna Plichta Boisen of Davis Wright Tremaine

The major ingredients to successful business development are authenticity, creativity, emotional intelligence, grit and competence. If you have most of these attributes, your chances of success are incredibly high.
9 minute read

International Edition

Legal Nonprofit Pushes Law Firms to Engage in Pro Bono Work in Mexico

Global firms such as DLA Piper, Holland & Knight, Greenberg Traurig and Hogan Lovells are active members of the pro bono network in Mexico.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. City Council Should Pass a Bill of Rights for People Experiencing Homelessness

Homeless encampment closings, or "sweeps," have become a regular occurrence in Philadelphia. Every week, members of the police department and other city agencies determine which encampment locations will be closed.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

In this month's calendar, take a tour of HIAS Pennsylvania's new office space at Independence Hall, check out a volunteer information session and an annual golf classic.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

As Debate Intensifies Over Adding 'Dangerousness' Provision to Bail Reform, Sides Battle Over Statistics

The debate between Legal Aid and Mayor Eric Adams' office, which is echoed by a range of officials, advocacy groups, lawyers and criminal-justice experts, is not only a war of words. It is a war over data—which data to use, how data should be interpreted, and what it may or may not show.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

John Marshall, Volunteer Lawyers Group Joining Forces to Take on Atlanta's Housing Crisis

"We are excited to partner with Atlanta's John Marshall Law School to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors and help develop the next generation of attorneys who want to be part of the solution," Michael Lucas, the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation's executive director, said in a news release.
3 minute read

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