Around 200 legal department leaders have urged Congress to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation as lower and middle income Americans search for help dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. […]

The Indiana Lawyer March 18, 2020 As of January 1, 2020, a brand new Indiana Supreme Court rule went into effect granting the opportunity for certain qualifying attorneys to hold a Pro Bono Publico License and serve as pro bono counsel. […] Read more…

Dallas Business Journal January 8, 2020 “I thought it was important for American to give back to those with legal needs who could not afford a lawyer,” [Kennedy] says. “We decided it would be an integral part of being an American Airlines lawyer for us to do pro bono, including me. It was a hallmark […]

Law 360 November 3, 2019 In-house lawyers at Chubb Ltd. were eager to tackle pro bono work but knew that going it alone could be a daunting challenge in terms of direction and logistics. The solution? Partnering with one of its outside firms to collaborate on matters in which the corporate attorneys lacked the necessary […]

Law.com October 29, 2019 More than 130 attorneys and 50 staff at Amazon and Davis Wright Tremaine partnered with Kids in Need of Defense, or KIND, to form teams to represent 28 immigrant children seeking to remain in the U.S. due to abuse, abandonment or neglect issues involving their parents. The work earned the company and the firm an […]

Law 360 September 29, 2019 When the Trump administration threatened to eliminate the Legal Services Corp. this year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise helped marshal corporate general counsel to fight back. It’s one timely example, according to business leaders at a recent Manhattan event, of the power that companies have to enact social change. Read more…

Law.com September 27, 2019 Corporate Pro Bono, a global project of the Washington D.C.-based Pro Bono Institute, recently announced that it will honor Connecticut’s Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, in partnership with Connecticut Veterans Legal Center and Teamsters Local 1150 with a 2019 CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award. Read more…

Law.com August 27, 2019 In recent years, in-house legal departments have stepped up their commitment to pro bono work. But here’s something you don’t often see: an in-house lawyer litigating and winning a pro bono case that could affect hundreds of thousands of people and result in billions of dollars in government benefits. Dominion Energy Senior Counsel […]