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2009 General News

December

Legal aid group sues state over food stamp application backlog

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 12/21/2009
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Houston pro bono initiative teams firms, in-house lawyers

Iowa attorneys give more than 15,000 hours in pro bono work

Lionel Sawyer & Collins attorney proves reliable resource for the poor in Nevada

Philadelphia VIP Recognizes Matthew C. Jones as Volunteer of the Month

GE's Law Department Expands Its Pro Bono Program across the Pond.

F. William McCalpin, Champion of Legal Aid to Poor, Dies at 88

Local Musicians, Artists Soon Will Have Legal Outlet

Rationing Justice – the Recession and Legal Services

Senate Considers IOLA Solutions

  • By: Legislative Gazette (NY)
  • 12/15/2009
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Clinics help people represent themselves in court

Report: D.C. legal aid is affected by recession

  • By: Washington Business Journal
  • 12/11/2009
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Fund for Free Legal Aid in NY Drying Up

2009 European Pro Bono Forum a Great Success

  • By: Public Interest Law Institute (PILI)
  • 12/11/2009
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VOLS Launches Unemployment Insurance Advocacy Project

  • By: Volunteers of Legal Service
  • 12/11/2009
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Ten Volunteers Lawyers Honored with Jeremy G. Epstein Award

  • By: City Bar Justice Center
  • 12/11/2009
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D.C. Launches Six New Online Interactive Forms for Pro Se Landlords and Tenants

Update on Class Action Settlement for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Recipients

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 12/10/2009
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Pro Bono Practice on the Rise in Germany

Checking in on Deferred Law Firm Associates in Public Service Placements

Pro Bono Legal Services Have Increased Dramatically, But Can't Keep Pace with Need

Civil legal services need New Yorkers' support

BRLS Director John Whitfield named to ‘Legal Elite’

Legal Aid helps bring stability for those in need

The recession comes to court: More seek out legal aid funds

Nancy Nowlis – Pro Bono Attorney of the Month (FL)

  • By: Jacksonville Daily Record
  • 12/08/2009
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Need is up, but funding plummets for legal aid

Pro Bono Blockbuster

Pro Bono Attorneys Honored at Boro Hall

Legal Department of Caterpillar Inc. Receives ACC/CPBO Pro Bono Award

  • By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 12/02/2009
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U.S. Department of Labor Receives Federal Agency Pro Bono Leadership Award

Human Rights Initiative Of North Texas Honors Akin Gump

Deadline approaching for LTN Awards, including Pro Bono Award

November

More pro bono volunteers, aid needed

Lunch is on ... You! Take a Legal Aid or Public Interest Lawyer to Lunch in January

  • By: State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Project
  • 11/25/2009
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Allen &Overy targets global pro bono growth with Reed Smith hire

Appeals Court Upholds Funding Restrictions

  • By: Legal Services Corporation
  • 11/24/2009
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Twenty-four honored by Maryland Daily Record at Leadership in Law

Citizen Media Law Project Gives Free Legal Help to Online Publishers

Nelson Mullins Honors Greenville Associate for Pro Bono Work

Commentary: Pro bono internships done right

Law Firm Fellows/Deferred Associates Can Find Resources Online

Philadelphia Gives Homeowners a Way to Stay Put

Legal aid for the poor

ProBAR celebrates 20 years of service

Big Donation for Legal Aid Serving Low-Income Arkansans

Pro Bono Net Staff to Present at NLADA Conference

Requests For Free Legal Counsel Rise in New Hampshire

Law group launches program to help veterans

Virginia Legal Aid Society having to turn away more clients

  • By: The News & Advance (Lynchburg, VA)
  • 11/12/2009
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Group seeks to increase legal access

Free At Last: Wilmer Hale victory in pro bono criminal case

  • By: Legal BizNow Washington
  • 11/11/2009
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Grant money means help on the way for veterans with legal woes

Bad Economy Makes Pro Bono Legal Services Difficult, Says DC Panel

SickKids, Pro Bono Law Ontario launch family health legal program

Pro bono attorney job description: Jacksonville

  • By: Jacksonville Daily Record
  • 11/10/2009
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Harris Law Firm Paralegal Beth Wilkins Recognized Nationally

LawHelp.org/NY Expands to Serve Veterans and Their Families

Cadwalader Attorney Honored by Sanctuary for Families for Outstanding Pro Bono Work

Verizon Legal Volunteers Launch New Program to Provide Free Legal Services

Those near foreclosure need law on their side

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 11/05/2009
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Bet Tzedek and O`Melveny & Myers Prevail in Landmark Civil Human Trafficking Trial

Program helps community ‘Ask-a-Lawyer’

Deferred Associates 'Hit the Ground Running' at Temporary Positions

N.M. Supreme Court rewards pro bono lawyer

Help without objection

Lawyers group responds to financial crunch

Kaye Scholer Deferred Lawyers to Work on Pro Bono at Firm

Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access

New York City Bar Calls for Right to Counsel for Immigrant Detainees

  • By: New York City Bar Justice Center
  • 11/02/2009
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October

Wrongfully convicted man praises pro bono work

  • By: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • 10/29/2009
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Economy Leads to High Pro Bono Demands

Two Philadelphia Law Firms and Executive Director of Community Legal Services to Receive Prestigious Philadelphia Bar Foundation Awards

  • By: Philadelphia Bar Association
  • 10/29/2009
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Pro Bono at the Crossroads

Bad Economy Makes Pro Bono Legal Services Difficult, Panel Says

O'Malley Declares Pro Bono Week in Maryland

  • By: Southern Maryland Online
  • 10/28/2009
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Good for Lawyers, Good for the Community: Lawyers in Europe Increasingly Inclined to Volunteer

  • By: Public Interest Law Institute
  • 10/28/2009
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ABA President: Pro Bono Week Underscores Bar's Commitment

'Civil Gideon' Trumpets Legal Discord

Civil Gideon Pilot Project Is Now Law in California

  • By: National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
  • 10/27/2009
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Deferred Associates "Hit the Ground Running" at Non-Profits, DA's Offices

Another Housing Crisis: A Shortage of Foreclosure Lawyers

Home / News / State and Regional Advocates push for free legal aid services

Law firms pay new hires to work for public good

Pro Bono Net & LexisNexis Present Webinar on Search Engine Marketing

Iowa Supreme Court Ask Attorneys to Provide At Least 50 Hours Free Legal Service

Pro bono work can build your resume

BigLaw Firm Struggling With Downsizing and Pay Cuts Revamps Pro Bono Program

Bay Area Firms Pledge Their Support for Pro Bono

Lawyer Epiphanies

  • By: The New York Law Journal
  • 10/19/2009
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California gives the poor a new legal right

New Sites: From Research to Pro Bono

  • By: Robert Ambrogi's LawSites
  • 10/19/2009
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Firm's Pro Bono Work Gives Cancer Patients Peace of Mind

  • By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 10/19/2009
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Pro Bono Net and Morrison & Foerster Present Free Webinar for Pro Bono Attorneys

Lawyer To Head New Maryland Bar/ABA Pro Bono Tax Program

  • By: Joseph, Greenwald & Laake
  • 10/16/2009
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The Good We Do: New York State Bar Association Recognizes Attorneys for Pro Bono Service

  • By: New York State Bar Association
  • 10/16/2009
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U of M Students Get Head Start On Pro Bono Service

Justices Wary Of Enhanced Fees For Exceptional Work

Bangor lawyer becomes legal aid group’s president

Legal aid can cut chain of domestic violence

Study: Many go through foreclosure without legal help

Working for Their Clients

The newly poor in Illinois lack legal assistance, report says

DA to highlight successful first year of Domestic Violence Pro Bono Program Friday in Boston

Volunteers guide women to justice

Pro bono legal work makes a difference

STATE BAR ASSOCIATION’S FALL RADIO CAMPAIGN PROVIDES INFORMATION AND KEY RESOURCES TO HELP THE PUBLIC AVOID FORECLOSURE AND ELIMINATE DEBT

  • By: New York State Bar Association
  • 10/06/2009
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Lawyers scarce for poor facing foreclosure

Pro Bono Publico: Keeping The Promise

  • By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 10/05/2009
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TN lawyers set free legal aid month

Report: Legal Aid Holding Its Own, ‘But Just Barely’

  • By: Wall Street Journal Law Blog
  • 10/02/2009
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Pro Bono Net Announces Two New Board Members

September

Cash Squeeze Said to Deny Legal Aid to Poor

Trendsetters: Pro-Bono Work

The needy struggle in civil court cases

Legal Help for Poor in Short Supply, Survey Finds

  • By: Maine Public Broadcasting Network
  • 09/25/2009
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Roger Williams University Law School opens legal clinic for immigrants

MyFax Sponsors Pro Bono Net's Legal Programs for Low-Income People

Pro Bono Effort Makes All the Difference Between Two Death Penalty Appeals

Haynes and Boone Partners with Client American Airlines for Pro Bono Project

Children’s Attorneys Project marks 10 years of helping kids

Economy boosts demand for free legal aid

Pro Bono is an opportunity to contribute to the public good

  • By: Financial News & Daily Record
  • 09/21/2009
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Organizations Helping Deferred Associates Transition to Public Interest Placements

Pro Bono Net Marks 10 Years of Increasing Access to Justice

Public Interest Perspectives: An Introductory Training for Private Attorneys in Public Interest Placements

Attorney Featured for Volunteer Legal Services in North Carolina

Holland & Knight expands its community service efforts

  • By: Tampa Bay Business Journal
  • 09/15/2009
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Law firm gives helping hand

  • By: The Journal Record (Oklahoma City)
  • 09/15/2009
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BigLaw Hires NY Death Row Defender to Head New Pro Bono Push

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 09/15/2009
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Immigrants' Voice

  • By: Helena Independent Record
  • 09/14/2009
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A Legal Battle: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar

Economic cloud generates more calls for help to Legal Aid, but also delivers some newly minted lawyers

Last Home Standing

Crumbling legal aid system gets boost

Legal services for the poor sorely need funding

  • By: The News Journal (Delaware)
  • 09/03/2009
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Ordinary Injustice: America's Judicial System Gone Awry

Pro Bono's Preparation Leads to Extraordinary Haitian Asylum Victory

  • By: National Immigrant Justice Center
  • 09/01/2009
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August

Legacies: Sen. Kennedy and Public Service

  • By: Chronicle of Phlanthrophy
  • 08/27/2009
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An unfair prison litigation system

Fighting Foreclosure For The People

Some Stories Behind the Boost in Law Firm Pro Bono Efforts

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 08/19/2009
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ABA Commission On Domestic Violence Announces Launch Of National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory, Sponsored By Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine Program

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 08/18/2009
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Pro se divorce is on the rise

  • By: Virginia Lawyers Weekly
  • 08/18/2009
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Legal self-help center opens

Devon, McAfee & Taft join program providing legal aid

Into court alone, with help

  • By: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
  • 08/13/2009
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Group launches legal resource for Somali speakers

The Benefits Of A Coordinated And Focused Pro Bono Program

  • By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 08/11/2009
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Advancing Pro Bono To The Next Level

  • By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 08/11/2009
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A Firm Whose Lawyers Live Pro Bono

  • By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 08/10/2009
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Cuts in legal aid hit poorest

Pro Bono - A Top Priority At Proskauer

  • By: Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 08/06/2009
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Civil legal aid program to expand

Bill Gates' dad honored for 'pro bono' legal work

July

LexisNexis Lends a Hand to Laid-off Lawyers

Ed Rekosh of PILI to Receive 2009 ABA International Human Rights Award

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 07/29/2009
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CSR hits the Gulf

The Match Game: Firms Score More Pro Bono Hours By Linking Lawyers' InterestsWith Organizations' Needs

Iowa's legal aid offices feel pinch

Maryland Legal Aid expands online custody forms interview

Innovative Pro Bono Program Assists Microfinance Projects Around the World

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS JUSTICE NETWORK RECEIVES AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S HIGHEST PRO BONO AWARD

  • By: Bet Tzedek Legal Services
  • 07/23/2009
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Mixed Blessings

Legal Aid Funding Dwindles As Recession Factors Mount

The Pro Bono Report: No Excuses for Firms With Falling Pro Bono, Declining Revenue

Support Pro Bono Net on Martindale-Hubbell Connected

Unmet Needs

U.S. Opens Path to Asylum for Victims of Sexual Abuse

Growing numbers of poor people swamp legal aid offices in U.S.

West Launches New Programs Focused on Pro Bono Outreach, Lawyers in Transition

New MO pro bono program offers legal aid to lower-income clients

Equal justice issues merit attention

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 07/12/2009
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Firm Boosts Pro Bono Capacity with Software

  • By: American Legal Technology Insider
  • 07/09/2009
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A new nonprofit offers pro bono legal services to creative types in Maine

Support Pro Bono Net with the Purchase of "Golden Venture" DVD

Legal services for poor get a boost (CT)

Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta places its 1000th case

  • By: Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
  • 07/07/2009
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Study Finds Gaps in Aid for Non-English Speakers in State Civil Courts

Young Attorney Victorious in First Supreme Court Case, Pro Bono

  • By: The Legal Intelligencer
  • 07/06/2009
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Pro Bono Net Makes Awards to Five Innovative Document Assembly Projects

The Devil Wears Prada: Lawful Permanent Residence Granted for Mormon Self-Identified Openly Gay Male

Seyfarth Shaw Pro Bono Attorneys and the Victims Rights Law Center Secure MA High Court Victory for Victims’ Rights

Jenner & Block Tops Am Law Pro Bono Charts (Again)

  • By: The AmLaw Lititgation Daily
  • 07/01/2009
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Morrison & Foerster Combats a Fake Legal Aid Organization

Firms Keep Up Good Work, Even in Bad Times

June

Kelley Drye's Pro Bono Litigation Yields Significant Civil Rights Decision

  • By: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 06/30/2009
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Pro Bono Report: Recession-Proof?

The Power of Pro Bono: Honoring Our Volunteers

  • By: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
  • 06/30/2009
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Friends Help Save Edith Wharton Estate

Incisive Media Launches New Career Web Site for Public Interest Law Sector

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP Pro Bono Team Helps Reunite Darfuri Refugee Family

Aid in Disasters (www.disasterlegalaid.org)

Davis Wright Gets Paid for Pro Bono Victory

Arnold & Porter, Proskauer Negotiate Settlement Improving Ohio Electoral Process

The Immigration Advocates Network: An Online Collaboration led by Pro Bono Net Provides Immigration-Related Resources

  • By: The Carnegie Corporation
  • 06/18/2009
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LawScribe Proud to Continue ProBono Sponsorship

Wisconsin State Bar recognizes local bars for implementing public service projects

Supporting those who serve

New Pro Bono Website Provides Volunteer Opportunities in Southern California

  • By: Public Interest Clearinghouse
  • 06/09/2009
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Joseph, Greenwald & Laake To Receive National Award For Pro Bono Service

Lawyers Operate Without Borders Too

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 06/05/2009
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Hunton & Williams LLP Honored with 2009 North Carolina Bar Association Large Law Firm Pro Bono Award

TECH TURBULENCE: Helping Hands

Public-interest sector getting a little crowded

ABA Honors Goodwin Partner For Commitment To Pro Bono Work

May

Top-Notch Lawyers Create a Sort of Attorneys Sans Frontières

Law School students lend a legal hand

  • By: Harvard University Gazette Online
  • 05/21/2009
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LexisNexis offers free access to law school grads pursuing nonprofit work

  • By: The Daily Pennsylvanian
  • 05/18/2009
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Economic crisis brings pro bono to crossroads

Open positions at Pro Bono Net

Lawyer Snapshot -- Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Pro Bono Development Coordinator Kathy Para

  • By: Jacksonville Daily Record
  • 05/12/2009
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"Gather 'Round the Table" - Networking for Job Seekers at LegalTech West

Pro Bono Net Staff to Present at Equal Justice Conference

Mass. program provides pro bono help to indigent civil litigants

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 05/11/2009
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President Recommends $435 Million Budget for LSC

  • By: Legal Services Corporation
  • 05/08/2009
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Holland & Knight LLP Securing Asylum for a 30-year Old Iraqi Doctor Targeted by the Al Mahdi Militia Terrorist Insurgents

Legal Aid of W.Va. Honors Ohio County Bar

Marshall Wright to receive Outstanding Volunteer Attorney award (AR)

  • By: Times-Herald of Forrest City, Arkansas
  • 05/04/2009
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Morgantown Attorneys Offer Pro Bono Legal Services to Soliders at Camp Dawson

  • By: West Virginia University
  • 05/04/2009
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Pro bono work encouraged in struggling economy (IL)

April

City Launches Program to Boost the Ranks of Pro Bono Attorneys

  • By: The New York Law Journal
  • 04/28/2009
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Law Schools, Public Interest Agencies Deal With Consequences of Deferrals

  • By: The Legal Intelligencer
  • 04/28/2009
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Hunton & Williams LLP’s Charlotte Office Honored for Pro Bono Work

Holland & Knight LLP Pro Bono Case: Securing Freedom from Immigration Custody for 62-Year-Old Cuban Suffering from Prostate Cancer

  • By: Community Services Team Holland & Knight LLP
  • 04/27/2009
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Holland & Knight LLP Pro Bono Team Reinstates Mongolian Student's F-1 Visa After Year Long Odyssey

Northern Exposure for Homeless Refugees Hakim & Mousa: Holland & Knight Pro Bono Case

Technology evangelist keeps faith in legal aid

Jenner & Block Associate Wins Pro Bono Case Before U.S. Supreme Court

Majority of Americans Hard-Hit by Recession, Stand Firm Behind Federal Funding for Legal Assistance

Software Helps Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Increase its Pro Bono Impact

A handful of Houston associates take a short-cut to gaining trial experience by volunteering as prosecutors

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 04/22/2009
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Arlington, MA volunteer wins asylum for Kenyan woman

My Life So Far: Pro-bono attorney Colleen MacAlister

Hot lines in ND and MN set up to offer legal help for flood victims

  • By: Forum of Fargo-Moorehead
  • 04/20/2009
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Associates Provide Pro Bono Aid in Family Kidnapping Cases

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 04/20/2009
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Advice for the Lawlorn: Pro Bono Job Opportunities

Pro Bono Net Salutes Volunteer Lawyers in Recognition of National Volunteer Week

Drinker Biddle & Reath launches pro bono initiative

  • By: Washington Business Journal
  • 04/17/2009
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Immigration Advocates Network Nominated for Best Law Site in the 13th Annual Webby Awards

Legally Speaking: Brother, Can You Spare A Lawyer?

  • By: The Southeast Texas Record
  • 04/16/2009
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Pro bono: Test cases for lawyers and ideals

  • By: The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 04/14/2009
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20 Law Firms Working Pro Bono for Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

Justice Harriet O'Neill: Don't let the legal aid safety net unravel

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 04/13/2009
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In a Downturn, More People Act as Their Own Lawyers

Pro Bono Law Ontario Wins Prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers Award

Law firms give associates a chance to build skills while doing good

Free Training Session Offered for Lawyer Volunteers to Take 'Wills for Heroes' Statewide

  • By: Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • 04/06/2009
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Out-of-work lawyers turn to volunteering for legally needy

Heather Ritch Named Volunteer of the Month by Philadelphia VIP

Delivering Social Good via Technology

Supreme Court urges more free legal services

Immigration Advocates Network March 2009 Newsletter

  • By: Immigration Advocates Network
  • 04/03/2009
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Non-Profits: Who Pays the Costs of Hiring Deferred Associates?

Competition emerges for Wyoming legal services grant

Bryan Cave goes to court to battle immigration 'notario fraud'

March

Study: Access to a Lawyer Strongly Decreases Domestic Violence

D.C. Federal Courts Honor Pro Bono Work in Washington

Law-School Grads See Promised Jobs Put On Hold

Access to Justice in West Virginia

Call for Nominations: CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award

Law Firm Verrill Dana Receives Pro Bono Awards

Lawyers Work Pro Bono for Veterans

Bill to Reauthorize LSC introduced in Senate

  • By: Office of Senator Frank Lautenberg
  • 03/26/2009
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Indiana law school encourages students to volunteer

IBM Podcast: Pro Bono Legal Services Are Vital to Nonprofit Organizations

Domestic Abuse Victims in Mass. Get Proskauer Rose Lawyers

Law Firms Scramble to Place Deferred Associates in Volunteer Posts

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Brief in Landmark Voting Rights Supreme Court Case

Volunteer with Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in New Jersey

  • By: Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
  • 03/19/2009
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As interest rates sink, so do the fortunes of legal aid

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 03/17/2009
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For jobless lawyers, plan B includes good works

Situations Wanted: Laid Off Lawyers Seek Volunteer Work—and Get Rejected

Lawyer Volunteers Needed for PBA "Wills for Heroes" Program - Offering Free Estate Planning Documents to Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Personnel

  • By: Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • 03/16/2009
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5th Circuit Vacates Part of Katrina Insurance Case Award

Israeli Legal Group Offers Pro Bono Assistance to Gaza Detainees

Pro Bono Net Announces LawScribe Sponsorship

Pro Bono Net Joins Alliance Partner Program for Martindale-Hubbell Connected Professional Network for Lawyers

California Attorney Wins Two Awards for Fighting Domestic Violence

  • By: Legal Services Corporation
  • 03/11/2009
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Saving Anthony Harris

Access to Justice A Real Concern in Tennessee

Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Expands on Success of First Three Years

Looking for Tax Deductions? Don't Forget Pro Bono Expenditures

  • By: The Legal Intelligencer
  • 03/04/2009
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IBM honored for staff lawyers' volunteerism

Brodie & Brodie's 2009 Campaign "Friends Don't Let Friends Appear Pro Se"

One Chicago group that's benefiting from the downturn: legal aid organization

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 03/04/2009
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Paul Weiss Centers Pro Bono Efforts Around Asylum Cases

McKenna Long associate spearheads pro bono criminal law project

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 03/03/2009
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Some Justice Department Lawyers Have Gitmo Conflicts

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 03/02/2009
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February

Pro Bono Help Wanted: Interview with Michael Rothenberg of NYLPI

House approves $40M increase for legal services

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 02/27/2009
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The Association of Pro Bono Counsel (APBCo) weighs in to support state funding for legal aid in New York

Legal Assistance Funding Not Included in Stimulus Bill

  • By: Legal Services Corporation (LSC)
  • 02/25/2009
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Automated Legal Documents Assist People Without Lawyers

  • By: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
  • 02/25/2009
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Rescuing legal aid (op ed)

Pro Bono Partnership Recognizes IBM as Outstanding Volunteer of 2008

Harvard Law Interns Aiding Death-Row Inmate Detained by Sheriff, Suit Says

LSC Funding and High-Tech Partnerships Keep Expanding Access to Legal Aid

  • By: Legal Services Corporation (LSC)
  • 02/24/2009
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Young lawyers to offer free legal services

  • By: Pittsburg Tribune-Review
  • 02/24/2009
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Simpson Thacher sends some associates on year-long pro bono stints

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 02/20/2009
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Partners for Women and Justice offers a helping hand with legal issues

Cooley Establishes Harvard Law School's First Cyberlaw Clinic Fellowship

Holland & Knight LLP Pro Bono Case

ABA Pushes for 1,000-Lawyer Legal Corps

More Lawyers Representing the Poor for Free, ABA Study Finds

Kramer Levin associate's pro bono efforts earn release of detainees

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 02/16/2009
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Gibson Dunn Worked Pro Bono Seeking to Block Troopergate Probe

New Deloitte Whitepaper Examines Impact of Pro Bono Work in Improving Law Firm ROI

Hunton & Williams LLP Honored as 2008 Law Firm of the Year by Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta

Pro Bono Net Staff Interviewed at LegalTech

SimmonsCooper Recognized for Pro Bono and Philanthropic Work

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Partner Awarded For Exemplary Pro Bono Work

Letter From The President Of The Boston Bar Association

Pro Bono Net Announces KPMG Sponsorship

January

Simpson Thacher Breakfast Focuses on Doing Good in Hard Times

Legal Aid Groups Losing Money, Cutting Lawyers and Practicing Client Triage

Pro bono efforts help groups go green on the cheap

  • By: Boston Business Journal
  • 01/21/2009
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IBA launches media law and freedom of expression website to assist lawyers globally

  • By: International Bar Association
  • 01/21/2009
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When lawyers are only for the rich

After Landmark Pro Bono Victory, Davis Wright Wants to Get Paid

A foundation, a judge and pro bono lawyers give homeowners hope

Volunteers help budding entrepreneurs through legal thickets

  • By: Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • 01/16/2009
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Law Technology News Announces Law Firm Winners of Sixth Annual Technology Awards

LawHelp/NY Consortium Among Finalists for $250,000 Nonprofit Collaboration Prize

  • By: The Collaboration Prize
  • 01/15/2009
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Online Resource Adds Information To Help Disaster Victims

  • By: Legal Services Corporation
  • 01/15/2009
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Martin Luther King Day of Service - America's Legal Profession Called to Action!

  • By: Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
  • 01/15/2009
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Demand high for pro bono work in Ohio

  • By: Dayton Business Journal
  • 01/14/2009
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Michelle Obama’s Call to Service: Are You Ready Lawyer Moms and Dads?

More in Tenn. need lawyer but can't afford one

Pro Bono: Lawyers’ pet project: helping the SPCA

Demand high for pro bono work

  • By: Dayton Business Journal
  • 01/12/2009
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Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Oregon Legal Services Funding Rules

  • By: Metropolitan News-Enterprise
  • 01/12/2009
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Epiq Systems Announces Renewal of Pro Bono Net Sponsorship

Free legal aid gives helping hand to cash-strapped clients

  • By: San Antonio Express-News
  • 01/07/2009
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Pro Bono Increasingly Seen as an Investment, Not a Cost

Pro Bono Hours Go Up in Down Economy