Pro Bono News
2008 General News
Mich. Law School to Pay Students $5K for Public Interest Internships
- By: ABA Journal
- 08/27/2008
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New one-stop access to legal information
- By: Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
- 08/27/2008
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Remes Joins the Ranks of Gitmo Devotees
- By: Legal Times
- 08/26/2008
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Humans Rights Group Enlists NY Firms to Monitor War Crimes
- By: The New York Lawyer
- 08/22/2008
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NYC Bar Groups band Together for Pro Bono Effort
- By: The New York Lawyer
- 08/21/2008
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Midland Legal Aid Needs Pro Bono Attorneys
- By: CBS 7
- 08/19/2008
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American Bar Association Reconizes Outstanding Contributions To Volunteer Legal Services With 2008 Pro Bono Publico Awards
- By: ABA Center for Pro Bono
- 08/19/2008
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Vets laud Vinson & Elkins
- By: The Dallas Morning News
- 08/18/2008
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10,000 Meet for the American Bar Association
- By: The Epoch Times
- 08/15/2008
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South Florida lawyers helping Holocaust survivors apply for reparation payments
- By: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- 08/15/2008
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Helping the Nazis' Victims
- By: Legal Times
- 08/13/2008
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New Yorkers Among Those Honored During ABA's National Convention
- By: New York Law Journal
- 08/12/2008
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A Lawyer Makes Pro Bono Her Crusade
- By: The American Lawyer
- 08/07/2008
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Legal Services Corporation and LexisNexis Launch "HotDocs® Software Donation Program" to Help Legal Organizations Serving Nation's Poor
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 08/05/2008
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Doing Good in Hard Times
- By: The American Lawyer
- 08/04/2008
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Linklaters Chooses Pro Bono Manager
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 08/01/2008
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PRO BONO 2008: Weil Wins One For Military Widows
- By: American Lawyer Daily
- 08/01/2008
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Wyoming Advocate July 2008 E-Newsletter
- By: Wyoming Legal Services, Inc.
- 07/31/2008
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GM In-House Lawyer Helps Fund Mobile Legal Clinic for Veterans
- By: Corporate Counsel
- 07/31/2008
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For Three Law Firms, Gitmo Cases Weren’t Strictly Pro Bono
- By: ABA Journal
- 07/30/2008
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Pro Bono Work - Helping Dreams Come True
- By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- 07/30/2008
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Pro Bono Lawyers Make Case to O'Connor in Religious Speech Suit
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/29/2008
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Ohio lawyers work pro bono to stave off foreclosure
- By: Cincinnati Enquirer
- 07/28/2008
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Pro Bono 2008: The Enemy of My Friend
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/28/2008
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NPR Reports - Volunteer Lawyers Help Holocaust Survivors
- By: National Public Radio
- 07/25/2008
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Online and Off, Millennials Redefine Civil Rights Activism
- By: National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights
- 07/23/2008
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Heller Ehrman, Public Interest Law Project, and Bay Area Legal Aid Announce Successful Order Sustaining Challenge to Alameda County's Planned Termination of General Assistance Benefits
- By: Market Watch
- 07/23/2008
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Ohio Judges See More Do-It-Yourself Divorces and System Slowdown
- By: The Associated Press
- 07/22/2008
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The NYC Pro Bono Center Newsletter - July/August 2008
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 07/18/2008
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TX agency reports need for volunteer lawyers
- By: Midland Reporter-Telegram
- 07/17/2008
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For Disability Law Group Interns, It's Personal
- By: The Recorder
- 07/16/2008
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Casualties of War
- By: New York Lawyer
- 07/15/2008
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Pro Bono Report 2008: A Silver Lining to Economic Downturn?
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/14/2008
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Legal Aid Offices in Midwest Helping Clients Displaced by Flooding
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 07/14/2008
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New U Visas Law Helps Fight Border Crime
- By: Arizona KOLD News 13
- 07/14/2008
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Baker & McKenzie Appoints Former In-House Counsel
- By: Baker and McKenzie
- 07/11/2008
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DAV Announces New Pro Bono Program at Veterans' Court
- By: Market Watch
- 07/10/2008
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Conn. honors lawyer for pro bono work
- By: The Republican
- 07/10/2008
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The Legal Aid Society Summer Newsletter
- By: The Legal Aid Society
- 07/10/2008
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Summer Associates Help Low-Income Tenants Facing Housing Trouble
- By: City Bar Justice Center
- 07/09/2008
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A cry to help save homes in Maryland: Top judge seeks to stop foreclosures
- By: The Baltimore Sun
- 07/09/2008
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Bonds for the Poor
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/09/2008
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Ranking the Firms: 2007 Pro Bono
- By: American Lawyer
- 07/09/2008
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‘Eliot Ness of Iraq’ Wins Asylum
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/08/2008
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Volunteers Needed for Philadelphia Foreclosure REscue Effort (FREE)
- By: Philadelphia VIP
- 07/08/2008
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Law Students Rush to Meet Needs In Booming Field of Immigration
- By: Washington Post
- 07/07/2008
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Corporate Social Responsibility Catching On Among Magic Circle Firms
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/07/2008
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Renters, lawyers benefit from unusual volunteer program at Cleveland Housing Court
- By: Cleveland.com
- 07/07/2008
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Annual Report Released
- By: Student Hurricane Network
- 07/07/2008
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State Bar Provides Legal Resources Infomation for Victims of State Wildfires
- By: The State Bar of California
- 07/07/2008
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Briefing; Travels Pro Bono
- By: The New York Times
- 07/04/2008
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Legal Aid Society of San Diego’s PAI Program Plan
- By: LSC
- 07/02/2008
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James C. O’Connor Named Philadelphia VIP Volunteer of the Month
- By: Philadelphia VIP
- 07/02/2008
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D.C. Bar Raises $650,000 for Pro Bono
- By: Legal Times
- 06/30/2008
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Pro Bono Counsel Loses Supreme Court Case, But Gets Ginsburg Shout-Out
- By: ABA Journal Law News Now
- 06/27/2008
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SimmonsCooper's pro bono work recognized by Illinois State Bar Association
- By: Madison County Record
- 06/27/2008
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Iowa organizations offer free legal aid to flood victmis
- By: Sioux City Journal
- 06/26/2008
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The Forgotten
- By: ABA Journal
- 06/26/2008
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The Cost of WilmerHale’s Gitmo Victory: $17M Worth of Pro Bono Hours
- By: ABA Journal Law News Now
- 06/26/2008
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Detainee fight gets bigger, costlier for long-battling Boston law firm
- By: The Boston Globe
- 06/25/2008
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NC Bar Association presents 2008 pro bono awards
- By: LANC
- 06/24/2008
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Legal aid falls short in South Dakota
- By: Argus Leader
- 06/23/2008
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YouTube Contest Highlights Youth Voices On Civil Right
- By: The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights
- 06/23/2008
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Pro Bono Net Wins American Bar Association’s Gambrell Award
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 06/20/2008
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Public defender system in Michigan denies justice to poor, report says
- By: Grand Rapid Press
- 06/19/2008
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BigLaw Firm Names New Pro Bono Partner
- By: New York Law Journal
- 06/19/2008
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Maryland lawyers urged to help distressed homeowners
- By: Maryland Daily Record
- 06/18/2008
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Lawyers urged to help distressed homeowners
- By: Maryland Daily Record
- 06/17/2008
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NLADA Adopts and Releases "Statement of Vision and the Ten Core Values For the National Civil Legal Aid System"
- By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 06/13/2008
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Social Networking May Pay Off in the End
- By: Law Technology News
- 06/13/2008
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Columbia Dean Fills Simpson Thacher Pro Bono Position
- By: New York Law Journal
- 06/12/2008
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2nd National Pro Bono Week in Vancouver, Canada
- By: Pro Bono Law Ontario
- 06/11/2008
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Plan to Cut Back Public Defenders Stirs Worry in Georgia
- By: New York Times
- 06/10/2008
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Pro Bono on the Rise in Washington DC, Report Says
- By: The Blog of Legal Times
- 06/06/2008
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Letter From The President of The Boston Bar Association
- By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- 06/03/2008
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LiveHelp Increases Access to Justice on Legal Assistance Web Sites
- By: LSC Updates
- 06/02/2008
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Law students' intro to legal needs of poor
- By: Richmond Times Dispatch
- 06/02/2008
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New legal aid program to protect homeowners
- By: Crain's
- 05/30/2008
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Headed for Public Interest Careers, NYU Grads Are Free of Tuition Debt
- By: New York Law Journal
- 05/29/2008
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Legal Aid Experts to Testify Today in Congress
- By: The Blog of Legal Times
- 05/23/2008
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Texas Lacked Authority to Remove Some Polygamist Sect Kids From Ranch
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 05/23/2008
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Nonprofit Legal Aid Organizations Use LivePerson to Make a Difference
- By: Yahoo News
- 05/21/2008
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Lawyers see pro bono work as creating justice for all
- By: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- 05/20/2008
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Steptoe & Johnson honored by Legal Aid of West Virginia
- By: The West Virginia Record
- 05/20/2008
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GC Makes Time for Pro Bono Work
- By: Law.com
- 05/16/2008
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Calif. Gay Marriage Decision a Pro Bono Win for Heller Ehrman
- By: The American Lawyer
- 05/16/2008
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State Bar Presidents Unite to Call for Increased Legal Services Funding
- By: American Bar Association
- 05/15/2008
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Foreclosures hurt many renters in New England, study says
- By: South Coast Today
- 05/15/2008
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Lack of legal aid for the poor tops Utah attorneys' list of concerns
- By: The Salt Lake Tribune
- 05/15/2008
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State Bar Presidents Unite To Call For Increased Legal Services Funding
- By: American Bar Association
- 05/15/2008
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Haynes and Boone Pro Bono Team Obtains Freedom For Two Wrongly Convicted Murder Defendants
- By: PR Newswire
- 05/14/2008
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Pro Bono Case Triggers a Fee Fight
- By: The National Law Journal
- 05/09/2008
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Major new Pro Bono/CSR initiative supports Addis Ababa Law School in Ethiopia
- By: New Perimeter
- 05/09/2008
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Raid on Polygamist Sect Brings an Army of Attorneys
- By: The National Law Journal
- 05/08/2008
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International Bar Association Annual Conference 2008
- By: IBA
- 05/07/2008
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Erie County Bar Association Presents Pro Bono Award to Jennifer B. Hirneisen
- By: Northwestern Legal Services
- 05/07/2008
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Research shows law schools can influence pro bono work in graduates’ careers
- By: William Mitchell News
- 05/06/2008
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Pro Bono Hours On The Decline In Florida
- By: Florida Trend
- 05/05/2008
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From Making the Case to Challenging Them: Former Prosecutor Returns to Lead Davis Polk Pro Bono Program
- By: New York Times
- 05/02/2008
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Goodwin Partner Recognized By Boston University Law School
- By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- 05/01/2008
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Pro Bono Net Salutes Volunteer Lawyers in Recognition of National Volunteer Week
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 04/28/2008
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Yale Law Students Argue Before Conn. Supreme Court
- By: The Associated Press
- 04/25/2008
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Join the Clearinghouse Review Online Discussion of Affirmative Advocacy and Leadership Development
- By: Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- 04/24/2008
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Hawaii high court makes right boost for legal services to needy
- By: Honolulu Star Bulletin
- 04/23/2008
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MoFo Fights for Wounded Vets in Landmark Benefits Case
- By: American Lawyer.com
- 04/22/2008
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New Online Resource for Immigration Advocates
- By: Carnegie Corporation
- 04/22/2008
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Poor Denied Legal Access in Mississippi
- By: Sun Herald
- 04/21/2008
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BigLaw Firm Takes on Asylum Cases for Kids Fleeing Violence
- By: New York Lawyer
- 04/21/2008
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Programs Pairing Lawyers With Litigants Expected to Grow
- By: New York Law Journal
- 04/18/2008
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Retired, inactive lawyers permitted to work pro bono
- By: Illinois State Bar Association
- 04/17/2008
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400 Lawyers Volunteer to Represent Children in Texas Polygamy Case
- By: Texas Lawyer
- 04/17/2008
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Inviting Controversy, “Pay To Play”
- By: Mayer Brown
- 04/14/2008
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2nd Circuit Clarifies Civil Rights Fee Award Scheme
- By: New York Law Journal
- 04/14/2008
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Law Firms Help Clinics Get Students to Supreme Court
- By: The National Law Journal
- 04/11/2008
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LawHelp.org is a Webby Nominee!
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 04/09/2008
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Building Towers With Less Babble (links to pdf)
- By: e-Filing Reporter
- 04/08/2008
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Pro Bono: Automating Good Works
- By: Law Technology News
- 04/07/2008
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Army of Ohio attorneys battle foreclosures pro bono
- By: Legal Newsline
- 04/04/2008
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Adams and Reese recognized for pro bono work
- By: Memphis Business Journal
- 04/02/2008
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Reversal of fortune for former sex slave
- By: Chicago Sun-Times
- 04/02/2008
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State offers foreclosure legal help
- By: Ohio.com
- 04/02/2008
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Wyoming Pro Bono Taking Off
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 04/01/2008
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Immigration Advocates Network launches its website
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 03/31/2008
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Public Counsel Names Hernan D. Vera New President and C.E.O.
- By: Public Counsel
- 03/26/2008
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State can't pay legal aid bill for Road Home applicants
- By: NOLA.com
- 03/26/2008
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Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Takes 2 More Cases Before Supreme Court
- By: BusinessWire
- 03/25/2008
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Harvard Law School launches new Public Service Initiative
- By: Harvard Law School
- 03/24/2008
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Chooses Pro Bono Manager
- By: Centre Daily News
- 03/24/2008
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ABA Section of Business Law 2008 National Public Service Award Recipients Announced
- By: ABA
- 03/24/2008
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Vets get legal help pro bono
- By: The Daily Progress
- 03/24/2008
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Manatt Attorney to Head Holocaust Survivors German ``Ghetto Work'' Reparations Program
- By: The Earth Times
- 03/24/2008
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New Guidelines for Pro Bono Immigration Practitioners
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 03/18/2008
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VT attorney wins VBA pro bono award
- By: Rutland Herald
- 03/18/2008
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Pro Bono Victory: Zuckerman Spaeder Obtains Wages for Laborers Who Had Not Been Paid for Clean-Up and Recovery Work Following Hurricane Katrina
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 03/18/2008
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Baker Donelson Announces Expanded National Pro Bono Initiative - Brent B. Young Will Lead Efforts in Tri-Cities
- By: Times-News On-line
- 03/18/2008
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Institute for Foreclosure Legal Assistance Awards $6.5 Million to 27 Legal Aid Offices in 19 States to Fight Foreclosures
- By: Brennan Center
- 03/17/2008
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Tampa law firm has presence on Space Shuttle Endeavor
- By: Tampa Bay Business Journal
- 03/14/2008
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AILA Pro Bono Challenge
- By: AILA
- 03/12/2008
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State Bar Conference Promotes Right to Counsel in Civil Cases
- By: The New York Law Journal
- 03/12/2008
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KY Legal Aid in budget bind
- By: Lexington Herald-Ledger
- 03/11/2008
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Government-Financed Civil Legal Aid is "Not a Right" Declares British Columbia Court of Appeal
- By: Brennan Center
- 03/11/2008
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Bank of America GC to Chair National Legal Aid & Defender Committee
- By: National Law Journal
- 03/10/2008
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Ballard Supports Disabled and Elderly Refugees and Asylees Through Pro Bono Efforts
- By: PR Newswire
- 03/10/2008
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OSI Names Justice Fellows: Advocates Take on Failures of U.S. Criminal Justice System
- By: Open Society Institute
- 03/07/2008
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Attorneys volunteer to help low-income families with mortgage foreclosure defense
- By: Carolina Newswire
- 03/07/2008
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Volunteer Lawyers and Law Students Needed for March 29 Expungement Day in New Orleans
- By: Critical Resistance/Student Hurricane Network
- 03/06/2008
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Major D.C. Law Firm Takes Up Lobstermen’s Battle with Regulators
- By: The Ellsworth American
- 03/06/2008
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LSC Hosts Veterans Pro Bono Consortium Monthly Meeting
- By: LSC Updates
- 03/05/2008
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Lawyer listens to her heart and earns her own reward
- By: Palm Beach Post
- 02/21/2008
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Free Online Access to U.S. Court Decisions
- By: The Connecticut Law Tribune
- 02/19/2008
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Colorado Sues For-Profit 'Legal Aid' Firm
- By: ConsumerAffairs.com
- 02/18/2008
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Summit on Corporate Volunteerism: Toward a New Definition of Pro Bono
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 02/15/2008
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Mexican Pro Bono Network Launched at Mexico Appleseed Event
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 02/15/2008
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legal sanity at LegalTech New York
- By: Legal Sanity
- 02/08/2008
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Judge upholds Arizona hiring law
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 02/08/2008
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Pro Bono Case Triggers a Fee Fight
- By: The National Law Journal
- 02/08/2008
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Pennsylvania Bar Associaton 2008 Pro Bono Awards
- By: Pennsylvania Bar Association
- 02/06/2008
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Chicago Bar Foundation initiative to help legal-aid organizations
- By: Chicago Tribune
- 02/05/2008
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Miami Beach Bar to Open “North Beach Pro Bono Legal Program”
- By: City Debate
- 02/04/2008
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Pro Bono Partners Find Strength in Numbers
- By: New York Lawyer
- 02/04/2008
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New Publication Covers Legal Issues Impacting Military Personnel, Veterans, Retirees and Their Families
- By: Pennsylvania Bar Association
- 02/04/2008
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Ellis Lawhorne named Pro Bono Firm of the Year by South Carolina Bar
- By: Carolina Newswire
- 02/04/2008
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NY Pro Bono Team Aids Aged, Ill Immigrants
- By: New York Law Journal
- 02/01/2008
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Courthouses Unveil Tech for the People
- By: The National Law Journal
- 01/30/2008
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Death In Georgia: The high price of trying to save an infamous killer’s life.
- By: The New Yorker
- 01/29/2008
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McKay Brothers to be Honored for Distinguished Service
- By: LSC Updates
- 01/25/2008
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Lone Star Stories: Texans Share Access to Justice Stories on You Tube
- By: State Bar of Texas
- 01/25/2008
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Pro bono spirit catches Indiana lawyers
- By: Evansville Courier and Press
- 01/21/2008
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Tankleff Pro Bono Effort Born of Ex-Classmate's Law Paper
- By: New York Law Journal
- 01/18/2008
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Corporate Spotlight: Brad Smith of Microsoft
- By: Pro Bono Wire
- 01/18/2008
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Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas: Launch in New York
- By: The Global Network for Justice Initiatives of the Cyrus Vance Center
- 01/17/2008
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Disorder and Delay: Family Court in Crisis
- By: City Limits
- 01/15/2008
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Florida Bar recognizes pro bono work
- By: Financial News & Daily Record
- 01/15/2008
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University of Maryland law students to aid victims of Katrina
- By: The Baltimore Sun
- 01/12/2008
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LSC Issues Guidance for Enhanced Private Attorney Involvement
- By: Legal Services Corperation
- 01/11/2008
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SSA Proposal to Restrict Appeal Rights for People with Disabilities
- By: The House Ways and Means Committee
- 01/11/2008
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Free legal aid's within reach for all in need -- with your help
- By: Daytona Beach News-Journal
- 01/10/2008
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Summer Law Clerk Positions at Philadelphia VIP
- By: Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program
- 01/10/2008
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Volunteers Needed for Low Income Taxpayer Clinics in Philadelphia
- By: Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program/Philadelphia Legal Assistance
- 01/08/2008
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The National Law Journal Recognizes Susman Godfrey for Pro Bono Efforts
- By: Reuters
- 01/08/2008
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Poverty law history tells Atlanta aid lawyers' tale
- By: Daily Report
- 01/04/2008
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Enhancing Pro Bono and Civil Legal Services Delivery
- By: Georgia Bar Journal
- 01/04/2008
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New Jersey state bar urging pro bono cases
- By: The Star-Ledger
- 01/04/2008
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Pennsylvania Bar Associaton Seeks Nominations for 2008 Pro Bono Awards
- By: Pennsylvania Bar Association
- 01/04/2008
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To Get Noticed Online, Blow Your Horn: year-end round-up of new legal sites
- By: Law Technology News
- 01/03/2008
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Want to take a Pro Bono Case and Need Help?
- By: VLSP
- 01/01/2008
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