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Pro Bono

The Experience of a Lifetime: With a passion for pro bono, lawyers help themselves and others

MCC: This summer, the same week as the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, you were recognized by the ABA with its highest pro bono honor, the Pro Bono Publico Award, for your extensive disability-related work. At the time, you said, “Pro bono has provided me with more...

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Pro Bono

The Uphill Challenge of In-House Pro Bono

Here’s the good news: Great things are happening today in pro bono. That’s especially true when it comes to corporate pro bono. In-house participation, in the form of unpaid legal services to meet unmet legal needs, is surging. Alas, so is demand. That’s the bad news. More and...

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Immigration

Injunction Against Administration’s Immigration Programs Puts Pro Bono Efforts on Hold

A federal court injunction against key portions of President Obama’s executive action on immigration has put a halt to programs intended to help eligible non-citizens apply for temporary protection from deportation from the United States. (See Memorandum and Order in Texas v. United States...

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