Pro Bono

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Name: Pro Bono

First reported 10 mins ago - Updated 8 mins ago - 1 reports

NYPD street stop policy's critics seek big changes

NEW YORKIt once was an accepted tactic as old as policing itself and, according to the New York Police Department, a key to the city's dramatic drop in crime: patrol officers stopping young men on the street to see if they're up to no good.But thanks ... [Published Contra Costa Times - 10 mins ago]

Entities: New York Police Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Reformism, University of Nebraska

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

Bar news: Ex-Bar President Flagg Joins Legal Services Corp. as Vice President

Former D.C. Bar President Ronald S. Flagg will assume the role of vice president for legal affairs, general counsel, and corporate secretary for the Legal Services Corporation beginning June 3. Ron is both a lawyers lawyer and a leader. Landing him is ... [Published District of Columbia Bar - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Family Law, Pro Bono, Task Force, Coup d'état, Initiative

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Veterans Legal Assistance Conference

The 5th Annual Veterans' Legal Assistance Conference & Training will provide a forum for discussion of critical legal issues facing our veterans, including claims processing changes at the Baltimore VA Regional Office, women in combat, compliance with ... [Published Military.com - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Pro Bono, Disability Benefits

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 reports

ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE COUNSEL

Acc Urges Arizona Supreme Court to Simplify Process for Registered In-House Counsel to Provide Pro Bono Services

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Association of Corporate Counsel: The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global bar association representing more than 30,000 in-house counsel, filed a comment letter with the Arizona ... [Published HighBeam Research - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Pro Bono, Supreme Court, ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE COUNSEL

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

After Class Cert Denied, Guest Workers Get Pro Bono Help

Daniella Landers, a partner in Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Houston, is working pro bono with a group of guest workers from India who filed a civil rights lawsuit on May 21 against their former employer and others over working conditions at a plant ... [Published Texas Lawyer - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Pro Bono, Workers, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Bar Association

PM presents challenges to Bahamas Bar Association

PRIME Minister Perry Christie presented the Bahamas Bar Association with some challenges to make it more responsive to the demands of its position of influence in the nation.During the official opening of the Bahamas Bar Association’s administrative complex ... [Published The Tribune - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Bar Association, Bahamas, Pro Bono, Perry CHRISTIE

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

"The New Corporate Volunteerism: Integrated into Strategy, Measured at the Bottom Line" - CSR Minute for May 24, 2013

What do disaster relief, social impact, strategic mission alignment, pro bono, human rights activism, and employee engagement have in common? They're all terms now used to define corporate volunteerism, circa 2013. Volunteerism in the workplace no longer ... [Published Justmeans - May 24 2013]

Entities: Corporate Social Responsibility, Pro Bono, Donations, Human Rights

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Gary Woodfield receives 2013 Pro Bono Award for Civil Litigation05/18/2013

The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County held its 25th annual Pro Bono Recognition Evening May 18, 2013Gary A. Woodfield a partner with Haile Shaw & Pfaffenberger received the Civil Litigation award along with Robert H.Friedman. ... [Published Haile Shaw Pfaffenberger - May 24 2013]

Entities: Pro Bono, Legal Aid, Palm Beach

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

A Helping Hand - Bell Gully’s Pro Bono & Community Programme

A Helping Hand – Bell Gully’s Pro Bono and Community Programme 2012/2013The fourth issue of Bell Gully's pro bono and community programme report A Helping Hand has been released.In a time where firms are reporting fewer pro bono hours, A Helping Hand ... [Published Scoop - May 24 2013]

Entities: Pro Bono, Bell Gully, New Zealand

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Wyndham Worldwide Receives 2013 Innovation Award from Kids In Need of Defense (KIND)

Wyndham Worldwide , one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, received the 2013 Innovation Award from Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) for its pro bono work in providing legal counsel to unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children in the U.S. Recognized ... [Published Travel News - May 24 2013]

Entities: Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, Pro Bono, Invention

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Donations Are So 20th Century

Scott Lucas | Photo: Courtesy of A Billion + Change | May 23, 2013Why the future of corporate giving might just be pro bono volunteering.(l-r) Shannon Spanhake, Deputy Innovation Officer, City of San Francisco; Carol Guttery, Director of Employee Engagement, ... [Published Modern Luxury Jezebel - May 23 2013]

Entities: Pro Bono, Donations, 20th century, Scott Lucas, Deloitte

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

DeWulf Honored for Pro Bono Work

Roshka DeWulf & Patten, a Phoenix-based business law firm specializing in litigation and regulatory issues, announced that Member John DeWulf has been honored by the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services as a 2013 Top Pro Bono Attorney in Arizona.DeWulf, ... [Published Arizona Business Magazine - May 23 2013]

Entities: Pro Bono, Guardianship, Litigation

Quotes

...in keeping our city safe, but rather view their jobs as pointing fingers from the steps of City Hall," Bloomberg said in a recent speech to police. "Some of them scream that they know better than you how to run the department."

NYPD street stop policy's critics seek big changes [Published Fresno Bee - 8 mins ago]

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The Legal 500 UK 2006, 2010-2012 [Published Arnold & Porter - 10 hours ago]

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Bangalore For Your Buck [Published Outlook India - 5 hours ago]
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Veterans Legal Assistance Conference [Published Military.com - 11 hours ago]
400-strong DAV chapter scouts for new space [Published Pahrump Valley Times - 13 hours ago]
Perkins Award: When Champions Need a Champion [Published Ballard Spahr - 14 hours ago]
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Two sides to bank fees [Published Timaru Herald - 18 hours ago]
Acc Urges Arizona Supreme Court to Simplify Pro... [Published HighBeam Research - 19 hours ago]
After Class Cert Denied, Guest Workers Get Pro ... [Published Texas Lawyer - 20 hours ago]
Bonnie Squires: Hosting Mexican disability righ... [Published Main Line Life - 20 hours ago]
ABA offers help to those hit hard by Oklahoma t... [Published ABA Journal - 21 hours ago]
Chambers USA Ranks 45 Crowell & Moring Attorney... [Published Crowell & Moring - 21 hours ago]
PM presents challenges to Bahamas Bar Association [Published The Tribune - 21 hours ago]
Michele Hewitson Interview: Pip Cheshire [Published New Zealand Herald - 21 hours ago]
Rick Curl Jail Sentence Due to Attorney Robert ... [Published Online PR News - 21 hours ago]
Online Campaigns Aim to Help Kai the Hitchhiker... [Published Mashable - 22 hours ago]
Legality of Govt legal aid pilot project tested [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - 22 hours ago]
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Employees Embrace Supporting 90 Nonprofit Organ... [Published Ketchum - 23 hours ago]
State Reps. working to get safe rooms, shelters... [Published Fox 23 Oklahoma - 23 hours ago]
The truth about rights in South Africa [Published Thought Leader - May 24 2013]
"The New Corporate Volunteerism: Integrated int... [Published Justmeans - May 24 2013]

Blogs

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Obama’s bloody recipe for more Benghazis [Published Michelle Malkin - May 24 2013] Obama’s bloody recipe for more Benghazis by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2013 Gird your loins, America. President Obama intends to empty out Guantanamo Bay and send scores of suspected Muslim terror operatives back to their jihadist-coddling ...
Compounding pharmacy bills [Published The Incidental Economist (Posts) - May 23 2013] Rep. Markey (D-MA) has studied the problem carefully (NECC is in his district) and has filed a thoughtful bill in Congress today (one pager here ; section summary here ; full text here ). Simple compounding is left to state regulation; sterile compounding ...
Occupy Justice Department: Foreclosed Homeowner... [Published Foreclosure Fraud - Fighting Foreclosure Fraud ... - May 21 2013] Occupy Justice Department: Foreclosed Homeowners Arrested Protesting U.S. Refusal To Prosecute Big Banks WASHINGTON — Owners of foreclosed houses were arrested during a protest outside Justice Department headquarters Monday, where they demonstrated against ...
Chief IRS Counsel Got Jeremiah Wright's Church ... [Published Atlas Shrugs - May 20 2013] Here's the thing -- imagine what we don't know about what this thug administration is doing. The goon-in-chief needs to go, but if, like Al Capone, the IRS is the way to throw the bum out (despite myriad impeachable offenses), so be it.It's not as if ...
Chief IRS Counsel Got Jeremiah Wright's Church ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 20 2013] News reports from the time indicate the now-chief counsel of the IRS, William Wilkins, helped a church connected to President Barack Obama’s friend Rev. Jeremiah Wright get out of an IRS probe in 2008 while working as a private attorney. “Lawyers ...

Press Releases

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Wyndham Worldwide Receives 2013 Innovation Awar... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 23 2013]
Engage to Hold PR Roundtable at WEST Summit on ... [Published PR inside - May 22 2013]
Top U.S. Law Firms File Multiple Human Traffick... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 21 2013]
Florida Venture Forum 2013 Early Stage Conferen... [Published Business Wire - May 21 2013]
Rural Justice Pro Bono Collaborative Launched i... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 20 2013]