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The American Lawyer

The Work That Matters: Highlights From the Year in Big Law Pro Bono

From Title IX to veterans' rights, these 15 wide-ranging matters show the difference pro bono representation can make.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

What Attracts Big Law to Immigration Pro Bono Work?

A substantial number of the nearly 120 firms that responded cited immigration cases, with a notable number being asylum cases involving Afghan refugees.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Still Some Work to Do': Pro Bono Hours Creeping Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels

According to the 2024 Am Law Pro Bono Scorecard, almost half of U.S. lawyers at 120 firms devoted at least 20 hours to pro bono in 2023.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

The 2024 Pro Bono Scorecard: Average Hours and Breadth of Commitment

Covington leads in average hours, while Morgan Lewis has the most committed attorneys, based on the firm's percentage of lawyers who contributed at least 20 hours of pro bono last year.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

The 2024 Pro Bono Scorecard: International Report

Dechert has knocked Jenner & Block out of the number one spot as having the highest pro bono score among its non-U.S. lawyers.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

The 2024 Pro Bono Scorecard: National Report

Jenner & Block knocked Covington & Burling out of their top spot in this year's Pro Bono Scorecard.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Black Lives Matter DC Plaintiffs Suffer Legal Setback in Trump-Era 'Unlawful Attack' Complaint

"The district court's decision rejecting our effort to hold federal officials accountable under D.C. law for the unprovoked, violent dispersal of racial justice protestors at Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, is deeply disappointing," said Arthur Spitzer, senior counsel of the ACLU-DC.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Pro Bono: Potential Rainmaker or Nemesis to Billable Hours?

"The client, for the first time throughout the whole meeting, leaned forward and said 'Tell me more,'" said one attorney experienced with pro bono growing her business.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hard-Fought $20M Ending: 'Nobody Accomplished What Troy Rafferty Accomplished'

When litigating for compensation proved futile, one South Florida attorney found another avenue to secure $20 million for survivors.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Recover, Reflect, Retool and Retry': Lessons From Women Atop Pa. Legal Community

The top jurists on the three statewide appellate courts joined the president judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and a U.S. congresswoman at the Philadelphia Bar Association's quarterly meeting.
3 minute read

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