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Pro bono trends, rankings and case studies.
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | April 2, 2024
GCs at FTSE 100 companies including GSK, Coca Cola, ITV, Taylor Wimpey and Goldman Sachs have signed the pledge.
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By Tom Parry | January 18, 2024
Top recruiters explain how environmental and social impact is of increasing importance to talented juniors—and discuss whether the attraction of high pay and kudos is enough to overcome ESG failures.
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By Anne Bagamery | January 11, 2024
Emma Lindsay, an arbitration partner who also led the firm's global pro bono practice, will head up the Clooney Foundation's programs that work for justice for human rights victims.
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By Charlotte Johnstone | December 8, 2023
The associates say they work long hours just to do their regular work and that there's no time for hours on pro bono.
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By Aishah Hussain | December 1, 2023
This week's British Legal Awards and A-List rankings show there's so much success to celebrate beyond shiny trophies, though they are nice too, writes The London Lawyer.
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By Charlotte Johnstone | November 28, 2023
More than 80 of the largest firms operating in the UK were ranked by their revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, racial diversity and gender diversity to create this year's A-List.
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By Jack Womack | November 16, 2023
'My prediction is that there is no way what he is proposing gets off the ground,' one lawyer who worked on the Supreme Court case said of the Prime Minister's plans.
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By Kasvi Sehgal | November 13, 2023
The firm is also involved in cultural protection and refugee work as well as the financing of reparations for victims of war crimes in Ukraine.
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By Christopher Niesche | November 12, 2023
As general counsel of the Fred Hollows Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to provide affordable eye health care and end avoidable blindness in disadvantaged communities around the world, Katrin O'Sullivan oversees seven different legal entities across 25 mostly African and Asian countries.
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By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | November 10, 2023
There is a growing desire among in-house lawyers to participate in the pro bono sphere despite a distinct lack of opportunity available to them.
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By Ross Todd | April 16, 2024
After serving as a fellow at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology during her sabbatical from Munger, Tolles & Olson, Miriam Kim is calling on firms to expand their pro bono efforts beyond lawyer hours to include providing technical assistance to legal aid organizations.
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By The Legal Intelligencer | April 15, 2024
On April 18 from 5:30-8 p.m., join HIAS Pennsylvania for its annual Golden Door Awards at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on…
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By Emily Robb | April 15, 2024
In Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that children's brains are still developing and equated that with lessened culpability. Felony murder, which punishes anyone involved in the underlying felony in which someone died, even if unintentional, still punishes children for the very cognitive deficiencies that the Supreme Court identified.
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By Jimmy Hoover | April 9, 2024
"Many of those in need of help do not know any lawyers," John Roberts Jr. said. "And certainly a sizable segment of our society cannot afford a lawyer anyway. LSC grantees help fill that void."
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By Stephanie Wilkins | April 8, 2024
"Unlike any other program for refugees, we provide protection from the point of flight to the point of self-reliance," said Jayne Fleming, Pro Bono Counsel and Human Rights Team leader, Reed Smith.
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By Cheryl Miller | April 2, 2024
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel said he wants to shed light on pro bono work, not to coerce lawyers into doing it.
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By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | April 2, 2024
"Business has such an important role to play in supporting society and this commitment also sends a clear signal to our external law firms that pro bono is important to us, multiplying the positive impact," said Clare Wardle, GC of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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By Eden Landow | April 1, 2024
A selection of training, networking and fundraising events of interest to lawyers and legal professionals in Georgia.
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By Thomas Spigolon | March 29, 2024
Meanwhile, a Georgia legal nonprofit announced a $1 million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
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By Charles Toutant | March 19, 2024
"The reason the attorneys don't like it is because attorneys don't want to be put into a situation where they stand up in front of a judge and they don't know what they're doing," said Edward Zohn, the attorney for the plaintiffs.
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