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New Jersey Law Journal

After Hours: Wishnic & Jerushalmy; Middlesex County Bar Association; Hill Wallack

Middlesex Bar Installs 2020 Officers; Bhattacharya Joins Pandemic Task Force Committee.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Lawyers' Twitter Outreach to BLM Protesters Sparks Encouragement, and Ugly Backlash

From a sudden burst in social media engagement to derogatory messages, lawyers say leveraging social media to announce a willingness to represent arrested peaceful protesters is a mixed bag of opportunities and challenges.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Opens Wallets to Move the Needle on Racial Justice

Despite a $5 million commitment from Kirkland & Ellis, law firms are no match for corporate America when it comes to pledging dollars. But firms' pro bono capabilities can amplify their impact. 
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of June 8

Houston Attorney Appointed to Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy on Drugs Lisa Pittman, of counsel at Coats Rose. who focuses on…
7 minute read

The Recorder

Pro Bono Alliance for Protesters Launches as Small Firms Look to Provide Direct Support

A small Los Angeles law firm has helped launch an alliance with about 100 lawyers behind it, while a D.C. attorney offered his firm's office as a break area for protesters. 
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Lawyers Offer Free Help to People Arrested During Protests Over George Floyd's Death

Texas attorneys in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio are joining a national trend in which criminal-defense lawyers are taking cases of protesters' cases for free. Other attorneys who have done the same hail from California, New York, Florida and other states.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dorsey & Whitney Ends Partnership With Minneapolis Prosecutors, Spotlighting Racial Imbalance

As protests sparked by George Floyd's death continue, the firm is ending its 40-year practice of sending associates to help the city prosecute misdemeanors, saying the cases disproportionately affect black communities. Will other law firms follow its lead?
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

SCHR, Volunteer Lawyers Team Up to Represent Jailed Protesters

The Southern Center for Human Rights and newly formed Atlanta Justice Lawyers are coordinating to recruit and train lawyers to assist demonstrators arrested protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Firm Creates Pro Bono Program for Police Brutality Cases After George Floyd Killing

The firm's litigators have teamed with two civil lawyers, a criminal lawyer and an immigration lawyer, and will welcome any attorneys who want to get involved.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

From Big Law to Boutiques, George Floyd's Death Prompts Outrage, Some Action From Law Firm Leaders

Paul Weiss' Brad Karp said he wants to form "a consortium of leading law firms and public interest organizations" across the U.S. to help achieve racial justice and eradicate systemic racism.
5 minute read

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