December 06, 2024 - Pro bono at its highest and best directs legal resources where they are needed most. Pro bono legal work has developed into a professional sector at many law firms and legal ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said last week that all lawyers should be required to provide pro bono legal services. "I believe in forced labor" when it comes to improving access to ...

Law students provide legal advice and support to local residents, free of charge, through our Pro Bono Program. The Dornsife Center houses pro bono criminal record expungement, estate planning and ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. October 02, 2024 - Pro bono has a superpower: the possibility of radical connection across difference. In a time of ...

Given the greater scrutiny on the legal industry, law firms are being more cautious in the kinds of pro bono work they are choosing to take on. In a number of executive orders signed throughout March, ...

President Donald Trump said he’s considering leveraging legal services donated by white-shoe law firms who brokered agreements to avoid punishment by the federal government to help negotiate trade ...

Veterans, in particular, are seeking free legal work from firms that cut deals with the White House like Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss. By Jessica Silver-Greenberg Matthew Goldstein Maggie ...

The nine law firms that promised President Trump they would perform about $1 billion in pro bono work on his favored causes have embraced broad interpretations of what they owe. Several firms that ...