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  • December 8, 2006 | Legal Tech Newsletter

    Looking Outside the Firm for On-Point Work Product

    The value of a good lawyer is not proven in redrafting maps of familiar ports, but rather it is secured by successfully navigating uncharted waters. Sophisticated purchasers of legal services under

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  • December 15, 2003 | Legal Times

    Speeding Up the Wheels of Justice

    The AARP has joined a pro bono team from the D.C. office of Kaye Scholer to press a disability rights case against Montgomery County on behalf of one of the Maryland county

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  • December 7, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Task Force Urges Increasing Annual Pro Bono to 50 Hours

    New York lawyers should be encouraged to perform 50 hours of pro bono annually instead of 20, and they should be required to report their pro bono work when reregistering every two years, acc

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  • March 20, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Skadden Arps Names

    26 Lawyers to ReceivePro Bono Fellowships, 11 in New York StateWENTY-SIX young lawyers representing 14 law schools around the country were named Skadden fellows this week &

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  • June 18, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Failure to Supervise Pro Bono Attorney Dooms Divorce Pact

    In granting a woman's bid to void a settlement stipulation because her pro bono divorce attorney made serious errors and was inadequately supervised, a state judge has cautioned law firms and v

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  • July 17, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    City Bar Task Force to Tackle Young Lawyers' Career Outlook

    The New York City Bar has appointed a task force to examine career prospects of young attorneys and to make recommendations in light of the challenging legal market. The group includes leader

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  • August 4, 2003 | Legal Times

    D.C. Activist Cleans Up With Dickstein

    A pro bono team from Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky was ready for battle, prepared to defend community activist Steve n against the District of Columbia. But before

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  • May 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In a just-completed survey of New York City law firms taking the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge, 41 law firms reported performing a total of 697,381 pro bono hours during 2005, or during their most rece

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  • March 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    Ex-Officers Score Court WinTwo former New York City police officers won a victory as pro bono attorneys in defending the city last month against a federal lawsuit claiming that

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  • May 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In a just-completed survey of New York City law firms taking the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge, 41 law firms reported performing a total of 697,381 pro bono hours during 2005, or during their most rece

    1 minute read