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Pro bono trends, rankings and case studies.
By Sofia Lind | February 16, 2012
A band of lawyers are putting their heads together to help the world's least developed countries understand the impact of UN talks. Sofia Lind reports,,,
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By Suzi Ring | February 6, 2012
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has seen the amount of time devoted to pro bono and volunteering work by partners and employees fall by 11% over the last year, according to its 2010-11 corporate responsibility (CR) report. The firm dedicated 49,743 hours worth £8.79m to pro bono and volunteering activities according to the report - with the hours tally significantly down on 2010.
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By Legal Week | December 7, 2011
The judging panel was hugely impressed with an initiative by Field Fisher Waterhouse to establish a website that links organisations across the globe seeking pro bono legal advice with lawyers willing to give it. Like many of the best corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the idea to launch i-Probono bubbled up from the firm's grassroots.
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By Legal Week | October 26, 2011
National Grid GC Helen Mahy's stories were family folklore, but when she introduced the characters to youth offenders during company-sponsored art therapy, she found a new audience. Caroline Hill reports
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By Sofia Lind | October 7, 2011
Clifford Chance's (CC) partners increased their pro bono contributions by 31% last year, with the firm as a whole investing hours valued at a total of £17.8m in pro bono work during 2010-11. The figures are contained within CC's annual corporate responsibility report, which states that the magic circle firm invested a total of 58,368 hours in pro bono and community activities during the year, up 2% from the figure of 57,071 hours reported last year.
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By Friederike Heine | September 21, 2011
PRIME, the ground-breaking social mobility initiative launched by 23 major law firms earlier this month, looks set to be expanded to include the London offices of several leading US firms, with White & Case and Shearman & Sterling among those lining up to get involved.
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By Legal Week | September 14, 2011
Allen & Overy's David Morley discusses the groundbreaking initiative to widen access to the legal profession
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By Sofia Lind | September 14, 2011
Despite already being touted as a landmark for the industry, the law firms behind the initiative aimed at improving access to the profession are hoping to substantially expand the number of firms backing the scheme. The scheme launched with 23 major firms across the UK and Ireland but the backers of the project to hand work experience to under-privileged children believe it will be essential to secure the active support of more law firms before addressing the considerable challenge of building links and co-operation with a broad base of schools nationally.
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By Simon Petersen | August 25, 2011
Linklaters, Eversheds and DLA Piper are among a list of leading UK law firms to have offered pro bono legal support to victims of the London riots. Legal charity LawWorks has launched a dedicated helpline to offer free legal advice and support to those affected by the recent riots, in particular owners of small independent businesses to have suffered as a result of the unrest.
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By Suzi Ring | June 1, 2011
Clyde & Co has introduced a new policy that will see UK fee earners allowed to include up to 50 hours of pro bono work in their billable hours targets. The new policy, which came into effect last month, means lawyers will be able to count some pro bono work as chargeable hours for the purpose of performance-related bonus targets.
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By The Legal Intelligencer | August 12, 2022
In this month's calendar, take a tour of HIAS Pennsylvania's new office space at Independence Hall, check out a volunteer information session and an annual golf classic.
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By Jason Grant | August 5, 2022
The debate between Legal Aid and Mayor Eric Adams' office, which is echoed by a range of officials, advocacy groups, lawyers and criminal-justice experts, is not only a war of words. It is a war over data—which data to use, how data should be interpreted, and what it may or may not show.
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By Everett Catts | August 1, 2022
"We are excited to partner with Atlanta's John Marshall Law School to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors and help develop the next generation of attorneys who want to be part of the solution," Michael Lucas, the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation's executive director, said in a news release.
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By Ross Todd | July 25, 2022
Coming on the heels of a banner year for pro bono in Big Law in 2020, firms did significantly less pro bono work "by all key measures," according to Am Law.
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By Andrew Maloney | July 19, 2022
While there was broad disappointment about a decline in pro bono work last year, some are hopeful that a confluence of events this year will lead to a rise in service in 2022 and beyond.
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By Zack Needles | July 19, 2022
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By Zach Warren | July 18, 2022
Technology has been lauded as a way to provide underserved populations with increased access to the legal system. But as speakers at the AALL Conference reveal, access-to-justice tech is only worthwhile if it incorporates how users will use it.
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By ALM Staff | July 18, 2022
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe led the way on this year's Pro Bono Scorecard in a year when many firms saw declines in pro bono hours performed.
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By ALM Staff | July 18, 2022
Our annual report detailing the Am Law 200's pro bono contributions.
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By ALM Staff | July 18, 2022
At 11 law firms, lawyers averaged more than 100 hours of pro bono work in 2020. And at least 80% of lawyers at 14 firms contributed 20-plus hours of pro bono.
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