Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland will provide AUD $40,000 ($32,500) to the National Pro Bono Resource Centre, to create paying work for unemployed...
Sidley Austin is offering its incoming associates an optional deferral plan. The “Pro Bono Assistance Program” offers a $75,000 stipend to associates...
Rather than lay off under-productive attorneys, New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh is encouraging its lawyers to increase their pro bono work...
The Pro Bono Project and Legal Aid of West Virginia has announced Free Legal Services Day on Saturday, March 21 for Morgan...
New York’s Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is sending some of its associates to year-long stints at nonprofit organizations. The firm has extended...
According to the Legal Intelligencer, law firms are targeting the directors of their pro bono and diversity initiatives when time for layoffs...
Above the Law is mocking an Illinois legal aid society for offering unemployed lawyers the chance to volunteer for pro bono work....
Brachfeld Law Group has sued Santa Clara University and its supervising attorney, Scott Maurer – mostly out of exasperation–targeting the university’s Katharine...
The Texas Access to Justice Commission has thrown its weight behind a groundbreaking proposal to license paraprofessionals, opening avenues for providing legal...
The American Bar Association (ABA) has underscored the need for law firms to reassess their hiring criteria. The ABA’s House of Delegates,...
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again reaffirmed the principle that transgender students must be granted access to restroom and...
New York City has long been a hub of innovation and technological advancement, attracting some of the brightest minds and businesses from...
