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2004 General News

Restrictions on Legal Services Funding Struck Down

With Top Firms' Help, Legal Aid Avoids Bankruptcy

The National Law Journal Selects Kenneth Feinberg as 2004 Lawyer of the Year for Handling of 9-11 Victim Compensation

New Second Circuit Pro Bono Panel

  • By: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • 12/18/2004
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Pro Bono: Public Interest Projects

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 12/17/2004
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King & Spalding Successfully Represents Human Rights, Legal Groups Pro Bono in Brief of Amici Curiae in U.S. Supreme Court's Medellin Case

Legal Aid Attorneys Agree to Benefits, Pension Cuts

Legal Aid Lawyers to Vote on Cuts to Bonuses, Benefits

NY Defense Team Sees Death Case Sent Back to Florida

Lawyer Will Lead Lambda in NY

NYLJ 100 Released

Would requiring pro bono reporting 'coerce' lawyers to do more?

Small Firm Makes Pro Bono Mandatory

Hoping for Clemency This Christmas

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 12/10/2004
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New York State Bar Association Pro Bono News

Computer Associates Announces New Pro Bono Program

  • By: Computer Associates
  • 12/06/2004
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Legal Services Will Open Office To Meet Legal Needs of Rapidly Growing Number of Staten Islanders in Poverty

A New Generation Fights The Battle for Global Justice

Special Masters Recommend More Funds for City Schools

  • By: Campaign for Fiscal Equity
  • 12/01/2004
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National Trends in Law Firm Pro Bono

  • By: Pro Bono Institute
  • 12/01/2004
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Pro Bono: Public Interest Projects

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 11/28/2004
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New NYLJ.com Pro Bono Center Connects Private Lawyers with Public Service and Training Opportunities

  • By: Pro Bono Net and New York Law Journal
  • 11/23/2004
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Legal Aid Threatens Bankruptcy

inMotion Honors the New York Legal Community

  • By: Community Dispatch
  • 11/22/2004
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Giving Thanks for Weil Gotshal: Law Firm Plays Central Role in Congolese Counsel's Odyssey From City's Shelters to Working Paralegal

New York's Working Poor

A boost for News' special immigration hotline

  • By: New York Daily News
  • 11/17/2004
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A Matter of Death

Seeking Nominations for 2005 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access

High Court Considers Whether Conversion Should Be Factor in Death Penalty Case

King & Spalding Prevails in U.S. Supreme Court Immigration Case for Pro Bono Client Josue Leocal

Pro Bono Digest

  • By: Volunteers of Legal Service
  • 11/05/2004
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Marvin Frankel Awards Go to 3 Firms for Pro Bono Asylum Representation

  • By: Human Rights First
  • 11/04/2004
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Lawyers on election watch

ABA Pro Bono Committee Seeks Nominations for the 2005 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award

  • By: ABA Pro Bono Committee
  • 11/01/2004
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NYLawyer.com Launches Pro Bono Page

Equal Justice Works Awards Leaders in Public Interest Law

  • By: Equal Justice Works
  • 10/26/2004
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A New Season, A New Class

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 10/22/2004
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Legal Aid, Staffers Agree on Layoff Package

NY Lawyers, Firms Working on Pro Bono Projects

Court Certifies Class Action for Immigrants Denied Green Cards

  • By: Texas Lawyers' Committee
  • 10/15/2004
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An Outstanding Alliance of Neighbors

Supreme Court Takes Up Ten Commandments, Property Issues

Pro Bono: Doing Well by Doing Good

Justice Fueled Lawyer's Tenacity

Having a Lawyer Satisfies Test For Court Access

Volunteers Sought for Legal Aid Mission in Afghanistan

  • By: The International Legal Foundation (ILF)
  • 10/06/2004
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NY Lawyers Set to Volunteer in Battleground States on Election Day

Innocence Projects Are Multiplying and Changing the Law

More Layoffs Ahead at Legal Aid

Panel Chief Is Said to Seek Judge's Firing Over Fees

Helping Pay The Rent: Section 8 Saved; Emergency Rent Coalition Created

Two to receive prestigious Philbrook Award at Rutgers

Voting Rights – Pro Bono Attorneys Needed for Election Day

  • By: Lawyers'Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • 09/23/2004
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A Ban On Welfare Advocates At Welfare Centers

  • By: Make the Road by Walking
  • 09/17/2004
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NY Lawyers Working on Pro Bono Projects

Defending the Detained

Pro Bono Digest - Spotlight on The Brennan Center

  • By: Volunteers of Legal Service
  • 09/02/2004
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Their Legal Lifesavers

ProBAR Provides Opportunities to Assist Detained Immigrants and Refugees in South Texas

  • By: Pro Bono in Motion (Pro Bono Insitute)
  • 09/01/2004
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Lawyers' group blasts NYPD over protest

A-List Underscores Importance of Large Firm Pro Bono

Volunteer for Election Protection 2004

  • By: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
  • 08/31/2004
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Anti-Tenant Suits by the Housing Authority

More Americans Were Uninsured and Poor in 2003

Impact Fund: Winning is More Than Money for Class Action Lawyer

Civil relief for servicemen and their dependents

  • By: State Bar of Montana: The Montana Lawyer
  • 08/26/2004
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Pro Bono Help Needed During RNC

  • By: The Legal Aid Society
  • 08/24/2004
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Pro Bono Dialogue

  • By: ABA Division for Legal Services
  • 08/23/2004
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Young NY Legal Team Enters Church-State Debate

Four Young Manhattan Lawyers Free Congolese Refugee in U.S.

Irish Law Student Interning in NY May Have Exonerated Death Row Inmate

The Watchers

NY Lawyers Working on Pro Bono Projects

As Layoffs Loom, Lawyers Defer Bonus

Calif. Justices Clear Way for Testimony on Domestic Abuse

Steve Banks named Attorney-in-Chief at Legal Aid

Cornell Law Launches Program on Public Interest Careers

Seeking Legal Haven from Domestic Violence

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 07/26/2004
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Mike Wolford To Become 109th MCBA President

NY Firms Work Pro Bono to Overturn Convictions in Clubland Killing

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 07/20/2004
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Young NY Legal Team Fights for Rare Pardon

The Legal Community's Response to September 11, 2001

  • By: Volunteers of Legal Service
  • 07/09/2004
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NY Firm Spurs 9/11 Controversy

How a Lax Eye on Money Pushed Legal Aid to the Brink

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/08/2004
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New Generation of Lawyers Try to 'Do the Right Thing'

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 07/07/2004
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As Tuition Soars and Salaries Lag More Law Schools Forgive Loans

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 07/07/2004
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Am Law 100 Released

New City Bar President Aims to Redefine Diversity

Intensive Care

  • By: National Law Journal
  • 06/28/2004
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140 NY Lawyers Dodge the Layoff Ax

Tuition Debt Relief for NY Public Attorneys Inches Towards Reality

City Money to Rescue Jobs of 140 Lawyers for the Poor

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/25/2004
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Legal Aid Wins Funding Boost, Layoffs Still Loom

Pro Bono Help for Low Income DC Parents in Child Custody Disputes

Chadbourne & Parke LLP Adds to Pro Bono Committee to Reflect Its Expansion and Growth of Pro Bono Worldwide

  • By: Yahoo Business News
  • 06/21/2004
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A Lawyer Who Couldn't Say No

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/16/2004
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NY Legal Aid's Chief Resigns as Layoffs Loom

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 06/10/2004
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Pro Bono Net Seeks New National LawHelp Circut Rider

Good Works: The Bottom-Line Bonuses of Pro Bono

  • By: Small Firm Business
  • 06/07/2004
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The Human Element

NY Lawyers Working on Public Interest Projects

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 06/05/2004
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Program to Help With Down Payments

Website Offers Free Legal Advice in Dozens of Languages

Apprentice Appellants

  • By: The American Lawyer
  • 06/01/2004
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New York State Bar President Aims to Improve Quality of NY Lawyers' Lives

Pro Bono Blowup

  • By: City Limits Monthly
  • 05/31/2004
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Immigrantion Q & A

New Bar Leader Opposes Mandatory Pro Bono

Pro Bono Goes Global

Pro Bono: Public Interest Projects

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 05/18/2004
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Facing $21 Million Budget Deficit, Legal Aid Issues 254 Layoff Notices

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 05/18/2004
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Homelessness Budget: Prevention or PR?

  • By: City Limits WEEKLY
  • 05/18/2004
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Legal Aid Society Lays Off 161 Attorneys

Bill Advances to Allow Appointed Counsel For Poor Parents in Key Family Court Matters

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 05/17/2004
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Supreme Court boosts civil rights law for disabled

  • By: Christian Science Monitor
  • 05/17/2004
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2003 Survey of Law Firm Pro Bono Activity and International Pro Bono Video Conference

  • By: Volunteers of Legal Service
  • 05/17/2004
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Legal Aid, City $11 Million Apart on 2005 Budget

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 05/13/2004
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Pro Bono Goes Global

Money Mattering More in Judicial Elections

Mayor Bloomberg Tries To Change Pro Bono

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Litigator Appointed Co-Chair of Lawyers' Committee

Lawyer honored for donating time to aid disabled

  • By: Press & Sun Bulletin
  • 05/08/2004
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Report Details 9/11 Pro Bono Efforts

Public Service in a Time of Crisis

  • By: NALP Foundation, City Bar Fund, Louis Stein Centr for Law & Ethics
  • 05/05/2004
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Lawyers, Firms Get Top Honors

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 04/30/2004
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Dechert and Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Successfully Prevent Death Sentence for Pro Bono Client

Pro Bono Team Gets Death Penalty Case Overturned

  • By: The Legal Intelligencer
  • 04/30/2004
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Taking Pro Bono to Jo'burg

  • By: New Jersey Law Journal
  • 04/29/2004
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Call for Dennison Ray Award Nominees

Missouri Bar to Set Up Corporate Pro Bono Program

  • By: St. Louis Business Journal
  • 04/19/2004
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9th Circuit Leans Toward Asylum for Rape Victim

NYSBA Seeks New Funding Sources for Legal Services

The Right to Marry: The ACLU and Paul Weiss Press Claim in NY Courts

Fee Increases for Immigration Filings

  • By: Sanctuary for Families
  • 04/14/2004
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Nassau County Judges Boost Pro Bono Recruitment

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 04/13/2004
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New York Bar Urges Wider Meaning for Pro Bono

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 04/12/2004
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State Bar Urges Wider Meaning For Pro Bono

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 04/08/2004
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Open House Spotlights Lack Of Funding For Civil Legal Services

  • By: MCBA, Campaign For Justice
  • 04/06/2004
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Yes, Welfare Workers Deserve Workforce Protection

Law Students Offer Help During Busy Tax Season

CUNY Law School Hosts Justice Ginsburg

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 03/19/2004
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Suit Attacks State System Of Nominating Justices

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 03/19/2004
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Court-appointed lawyers' pay hike hurting counties

  • By: Democrat and Chronicle
  • 03/17/2004
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Marvin Frankel Awards Announced

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 03/16/2004
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New York Firms Pitching in on Pro Bono Projects

NY Public Interest Lawyers Receive $5,000 Grants to Pay Off Loans

Two Teams of NY Lawyers Fight for Gay Marriage

NYU Public Service Scholarship Has 50th Birthday

Lambda Legal Files Suit Over NY's Same-Sex Marriage Ban

New York Partner Honored for Pro Bono

Seeking Nominations for the 15th Annual Legal Services Awards

  • By: Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • 03/04/2004
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Interviews Begin for NY Administrative Judge Slot

Review Of Higher 18-B Fees is Voided

Gotham Gazette Suggests: Legal Links

NY's Legal Aid Society Faces $21 Million Budget Shortfall

Columbia Law Starts New Program For Government and Human Rights

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 02/23/2004
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Imprisoned In New York

O'Connor says lawyers can do more

  • By: Arizona Business Gazette
  • 02/19/2004
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The Advocate President

Freedom Fight

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Secures Rights of Needy

  • By: Albany Times Union
  • 02/09/2004
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New York Lawyers Working Pro Bono

Skadden Names 28 for Nonprofit Fellowships

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 02/02/2004
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Advocacy Holds Its Breath, Then Forges Ahead

Borrowed Attorneys Save City $13M

NY Lawyers Gave $13 Million In Pro Bono to City Since 2002

OCA Proposes Plan to Boost Pro Bono

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 01/16/2004
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The Future of Pro Bono in New York

Trial Lawyers Push for More 9/11 Volunteers

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 01/13/2004
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Legal Aid Denied Jiggetts v. Dowling Fee Award

New LawHelp Resources for all of New York State

Access to Justice for the Disabled

The H.M.O. Approach to Choosing a Lawyer

  • By: NYT (Registration Required)
  • 01/12/2004
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Public Interest Lawyers Profiled

Lawmakers Gear Up to Grill Court of Appeals Nominee

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 01/07/2004
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New Rates Help Boost Roster of 18-B Lawyers

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 01/06/2004
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Pro Bono: A Professional and Ethical Obligation

  • By: Volunteers of Legal Service
  • 01/05/2004
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MFY Strike Settled

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