Pro Bono

7 partners leave this BigLaw firm for new boutique after pro bono deal

More lawyers from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison are joining a litigation boutique formed by four partners of the BigLaw firm.

Jun 12, 2025 9:34 AM CDT

ABA Commission on Immigration launches new program to respond to ICE’s courthouse arrests

The Immigration Court Observation and Awareness Project aims to identify trends and systemic issues by asking volunteers to observe short preliminary hearings and record their observations. The commission plans to use this data to better support noncitizens’ access to counsel and due process rights.

Jun 11, 2025 11:33 AM CDT

Coco Su helps expand access to justice throughout California

Coco Su has worked with the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s lawyer referral service, SmartLaw, for more than a decade and is now its director. She has been the driving force behind many of its efforts to increase access to justice for underserved communities and low-to-moderate income consumers.

Jun 9, 2025 9:12 AM CDT

Former US attorney Damian Williams leaves Paul Weiss for Jenner & Block

Damian Williams, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, is leaving the law firm Paul Weiss to join Jenner & Block, defecting from a firm that struck a deal with the Trump administration to sign on with one that fought it in court.

Jun 6, 2025 1:21 PM CDT

Executive director of Skadden’s fellowship foundation resigns following firm’s pro bono deal with Trump

The executive director of the Skadden Foundation, a nonprofit entity that manages Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s public interest fellowship program, has resigned after the law firm reached a pro bono deal with President Donald Trump that affects its work.

Jun 5, 2025 11:41 AM CDT

BigLaw firms defend pro bono deals with Trump as they handle influx of requests for legal help

Nine BigLaw firms defended their multimillion-dollar pro bono deals with President Donald Trump as legal and ethical in letters to lawmakers obtained by Law360 and Law.com.

May 28, 2025 2:25 PM CDT

Executive order against Jenner & Block is ‘doubly violative of the Constitution,’ judge says in ruling for firm

President Donald Trump’s executive order against Jenner & Block violates the First Amendment by punishing the law firm for its causes and clients and by chilling legal representation, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday.

May 27, 2025 11:50 AM CDT

Cadwalader plans to do this to satisfy pro bono deal with Trump

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft plans to ask Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez in New York if he needs free legal help defending convictions on appeal or handling other matters.

May 22, 2025 3:07 PM CDT

6 firms resolved EEOC probes with pro bono deals, they told state attorneys general

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Milbank are among six law firms that resolved probes of their diversity practices by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, they told state attorneys general.

May 13, 2025 9:16 AM CDT

BigLaw firms tell Democratic lawmakers they maintained independence in pro bono deals with Trump

Two Democratic lawmakers aren’t satisfied with answers from five BigLaw firms asked to provide information on pro bono deals that they reached with President Donald Trump to avoid punitive executive orders.

May 7, 2025 9:58 AM CDT

Trump executive order calls for pro bono help for law enforcement officers; will BigLaw firms be tapped?

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday intended to empower law enforcement and provide legal resources to officers who “unjustly incur expenses and liabilities” for performing their official duties.

Apr 30, 2025 10:14 AM CDT

Skadden improperly limited lawyer access to email distribution lists, group claims in NLRB filing

A workers’ rights group alleges that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom improperly interfered with protected employee discussions about the law firm's deal with President Donald Trump when it restricted email distribution lists.

Apr 28, 2025 1:19 PM CDT

Did 9 firms making deals with Trump violate bribery, anti-fraud laws? Democratic letters seek answers

Sixteen Democratic lawmakers have sent letters to nine law firms that ask them to disavow deals with President Donald Trump and to answer questions about their legality.

Apr 24, 2025 2:26 PM CDT

Trump announces deals with 5 more law firms for a combined $600 million

President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he had reached agreements with five more law firms pledging to provide a combined $600 million in legal services for causes he supports, the latest deals firms have struck with him in apparent bids to avoid punishment.

Apr 11, 2025 2:35 PM CDT

‘There is no question that we will fight,’ says latest law firm targeted in Trump executive order

The latest law firm targeted by the Trump administration, Susman Godfrey, won’t be the last, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

Apr 10, 2025 10:26 AM CDT