Legal aid is not a handout to those who can’t afford representation, nor is it checking the pro bono box in pursuit of good-standing status or required continuing legal education credits. Rather, as ...
Ask-A-Lawyer at the Orange Park Public Library on Kingsley Ave. is shifting from every other month to monthly. This is a ...
913. DID YOU KNOW MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THEY’RE ENTITLED TO A FREE LAWYER FOR CIVIL LEGAL ISSUES? WE’RE TALKING THINGS LIKE EVICTION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR CUSTODY BATTLES. AND ...
On Monday, the Legal Aid Society honored Milbank's pro bono counsel and Selendy Gay for the legal counsel they provided gratis for New Yorkers who have modest means. Legal Aid presented its Public ...
When 85,000 people fled Afghanistan in 2021, lawyers from major law firms stepped up to file their political asylum petitions. When the names of more than 700 detainees at Guantanamo Bay were released ...
Paul Weiss’ ex-pro bono chief Steve Banks, who left after the firm’s deal with President Donald Trump, will lead the New York ...
A federal judge in San Francisco did not issue a ruling Tuesday on whether she would grant a temporary restraining order blocking recent funding cuts by the Trump administration to provide pro bono ...
As the legal profession faces challenges due to emerging “legal deserts,” lower income Virginians are among the most impacted by a lack of affordable or available counsel. “The need for pro bono ...