Biglaw Firms Now Backpedaling on Controversial Pro Bono Deals With Trump Administration
Biglaw firms that pledged $125 million in pro bono work to the Trump administration now deny the deals amid backlash…
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Biglaw Under Siege: Trump’s Retaliatory Executive Orders, Law Firm Capitulation, and the Professors Who Refuse to Fold
Introduction: The Cost of Capitulation The American legal system is facing an existential test. In a sweeping campaign of executive…
Microsoft Joins Forces with ABA to Aid Asylum-Seekers Through Virtual Clinics
A Groundbreaking Collaboration to Support Asylum-Seekers In a significant step toward addressing the legal challenges faced by asylum-seekers in the…
Pro Bono, Hiring, and Innovation in the Legal Industry for August 2021
The National Law Review offers another edition of its legal industry news column. Here are the latest NLR news highlights…
ABA Working Group on Unaccompanied Minors Welcomes Added Volunteers
Summary: With growing concern over what happens to children who cross the border illegally, more lawyers are donating their time…
Fordham Law‘s Feerick Center Awarded Emil Gumpert Award and Grant
Summary: The American College of Trial Lawyers awarded the Emil Grumpert Award to the Feerick Center for Social Justice for…
Connecticut Develops Legal Incubator Program
Summary: Connecticut started their own incubator program with five attorneys eager to get involved with the Center for Family Justice…
The Urgent Need to Close America’s Justice Gap
Summary: While many lawyers are helping the the poor with legal services, there is still much work to be done…
Big Law Firms Provide Little to Legal Aid Funding
Summary: Although many of the country’s biggest law firms make billions in revenue, most only contribute a tiny fraction of…
Law Schools Provide Funding for Recent Grads
Summary: Several law schools have programs in place that provide law school graduates with jobs in exchange for their offering…
California Considers Free Legal Work Requirement for Law Students
Summary: California is weighing the pros and cons of forcing law students to complete 50 hours of free or reduced…
Why This Lawyer Reads Poetry to the Elderly
Summary: A New York lawyer balances his career with poetry readings. We all know that being a lawyer means being…