Pro Bono Awards
Every year, the National Law Journal names individual people and firms that have done outstanding pro bono work. This year perhaps more than others, it is especially important to recognize those that gave their time to charity. With the economy crumbling, there is a huge need for free legal services.
The NLJ has recognized the work done by Proskauer Rose, Holland & Knight, and Mayer Brown towards resettling Iraqi refugees:
Eric Blinderman, international legal counsel to Proskauer Rose, had gone to Iraq in March 2004 as an associate general counsel for the Coalition Provisional Authority. Later, he served as chief legal counsel and associate deputy to the Regime Crimes Liaison. In 2007, Blinderman’s firm officially became a part of The List: Project to Resettle Iraqi Refugees, a nonprofit organization founded that year to help resettle Iraqis in danger because of their affiliation with the United States. Holland & Knight had already been collaborating with the project, and Mayer Brown signed on this year.
The other big firm winner was Pillsbury Winthrop for its efforts during the election:
Firms nationwide were inspired by the historic 2008 presidential election to devote pro bono time to protecting access to the voting booth. Lawyers went to court in several states on voter access issues, most frequently to prevent a voting reform law, the Help America Vote Act, from becoming a barrier to the ballot. The law required states to match voter rolls with another database, usually the registry of driver licenses, to create a more accurate list of voters.
Read the full list of winners here. And please share your stories about other great pro bono acts in the comments.
2008 NLJ PRO BONO AWARDS [National Law Journal]
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BITCH SPREAD THE BUTT
SO ELIE CAN BUST A NUTT!
As a Pro Bono Award recipient, all I can say is...
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR JOHN MCCAIN!
I am very PRO BONING SHEEP. It is what it is.
"This year perhaps more than others, it is especially important to recognize those that gave their time to charity."
...or political activism, apparently.
Pro bono is fucking gay. That's why I never do any.
WilmerHale got 5/6 Gitmo detainees out in their Pro Bono work, guess that didn't matter.
WilmerHale got 5/6 Gitmo detainees out in their Pro Bono work, guess that didn't matter.
FIRST to point out that pro bono is for losers and/or commies...
FIRST to point out that pro bono is for losers and/or commies...
New Year, Same MusTTTal
"The law required states to match voter rolls with another database, usually the registry of driver licenses, to create a more accurate list of voters."
ATROCIOUS!!! HOW DARE THEY!?
Public service is all pro bono all the time.
Pro Bono is great since work is slow. Hours that nobody will bitch about if I do things "throughly".
Once the economy picks up I'll stop, but in the mean time I love the public interest!
There is nothing wrong with being a Pro at Boning SHEEP.
Elie, Mekka Don update now!
Elie, Lat, etc: regulate these fucking comments please. Delete the stupid shit (see above) that now makes up 90 percent of the comments.
Pimple-faced post-adolescent law school assholes have turned your site into another autoadmit.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Please and thanks.
7/8, that's nothing to brag about and probably why they were left out. HTH
DLA Piper also had a crapload of pro bono hours committed to the voting booth. Then, some of the attorneys participating in the pro bono efforts were laid off, and of the remaining suckers a majority were left without a bonus, and all of them had to take a salary cut. They also did not get a Pro Bono Award. In all, 2008 was a great year for DLA Piper attorneys, and 2009 promises to be an even better year for those who remain. All I can say is:
THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE V50 FIRMS THAT ARE STILL READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO PAY A COMPETITIVE SALARY!