Kevin Gilmore of Gibbons is among the finalists of the New Jersey Law Journal's 2025 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award. Read a Q&A with him below. What is the single most important ingredient in ...

Washington (CNN) — 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 ...

Given the greater scrutiny on the legal industry, law firms are being more cautious in the kinds of pro bono work they are choosing to take on. In a number of executive orders signed throughout March, ...

As a seasoned legal marketing consultant, I urge the media to stop whitewashing President Trump’s shake-down of Big Law firms as “pro bono legal services.” Simply put, Trump’s barrage of executive ...

The ripple effects of Trump's actions targeting specific law firms already are being felt beyond boardrooms, in declining interest in pro bono work for causes that are unpopular with the president.

President Donald Trump reentered office in January promising retribution against those he felt had wronged him, either during his first term or in his interregnum. Making good on that pledge, Trump ...

Housing problems have long been a major focus of pro bono legal work in New York City, but as the recession tightens its grip here, the variety of legal needs is swelling. Responding to the large ...

Students sign the pro bono pledge at the start of the program in 2024. A new wave of students signed the pledge this year. (Courtesy of Michael Cazanave) One year after the launch of the pro bono ...