NYLAG
August 14, 2014
“On July 31, summer interns and attorneys from Goldman Sachs & Co., Barclays, and UBS joined forces with attorneys from Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and Linklaters LLP to help put 25 immigrants on the path to citizenship. In partnership with the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), the summer interns and attorneys conducted a free clinic to assist immigrants in preparing their naturalization petitions. 13 pro bono attorneys, along with 18 Goldman Sachs, Barclays and UBS summer law and college interns, participated in the clinic, which was hosted by Morgan Lewis.
The naturalization clinic was the brain child of Bernard Williams Jr., an attorney with Goldman Sachs, and a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Steering Committee. Williams had been looking for a summer project that would give the firm’s interns a taste for the strong pro bono culture at Goldman – and expose them to the highly connected world of financial services among New York City’s top banks.”