Pro Bono
Pro bono work provides one of the many chances you will have to shine at Akin Gump—to take on greater responsibilities while honing general and specialized skills. Of course, there is no greater reward than the satisfaction of applying your talents to improve the lives of others.
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Akin Gump Pro Bono by the Numbers
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60
Pro bono client hours per lawyer we have committed to provide every year
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80
Pro bono client hours per lawyer worked in 2010
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723
Active pro bono client matters (as of Dec. 15, 2010)
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656
Akin Gump lawyers and advisors who worked on pro bono matters in 2010
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57,748
Total pro bono client hours worked in 2010
Pro bono client hours are treated like any other client hours for all purposes and there is no cap on the credit attorneys may receive for these hours. An individual lawyer’s ability to take on a new pro bono matter must be evaluated according to the demands of existing clients and the lawyer’s own professional development needs.
Pro Bono Scholars Program
Akin Gump’s two-year Summer Pro Bono Scholars Program supports top students interested in making pro bono work an integral part of their Akin Gump career.
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Pro Bono Partnerships and Major Clients
Our pro bono clients are typically referred to the firm by legal service organizations. These outstanding organizations provide invaluable legal and social services to low-income individuals and underrepresented business and community organizations. We are proud to call them our partners in justice.
- CALIFORNIA
- ACLU of Southern California
- The Alliance for Children’s Rights
- Bet Tzedek
- Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
- Legal Services for Children
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Pro Bono Program
- Public Counsel
- Volunteer Legal Services Program of the Bar Association of San Francisco
- NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA
- Human Rights First
- Immigration Equality
- inMotion
- Lawyers Alliance for New York
- The Legal Aid Society
- Nationalities Service Center
- New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
- Homeless Advocacy Project
- Philadelphia LawWorks
- Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- Pro Bono Partnership
- Support Center for Child Advocates
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- TEXAS
- American Gateways
- Catholic Charities of Dallas
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
- Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
- Human Rights Initiative
- Houston Volunteer Lawyers Project
- South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR)
- San Antonio Bar Association Community Justice Program
- Tahirih Justice Center
- Texas Advocacy Project
- Texas Appleseed
- Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
- Texas C-BAR (Community Building with Attorney Resources)
- Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, Inc.
- WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
- Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
- Children’s Law Center
- Community Tax Aid, Inc.
- D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program Advocacy & Justice Clinic
- Human Rights First
- Tahirih Justice Center
- Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
- Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
- The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
- Whitman-Walker Clinic
- FIRMWIDE and INTERNATIONAL
- Advocates for International Development
- Appleseed
- The Center for Justice and Accountability
- Citizen Effect
- Convergence
- Global Partnerships
- Hague Primary School
- Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic
- International Senior Lawyers Project
- KIPP Charter Schools
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- Personal Support Unit
- PILnet
- Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership