This article is part of National Law Journal’s 2018 Pro Bono Hot List recognition package that celebrates law firms that do well by doing good. See the other stories here.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom won a major victory in October 2017 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s order granting a classwide preliminary injunction in favor of its pro bono clients, noncitizens who remained detained due to their inability to afford the bond set by immigration officials.