Judge Asks High-Profile Lawyers for Pro Bono Service after Layoffs of 21 Public Defenders

A New Orleans judge has sent letters to 33 high-profile lawyers asking them to handle criminal cases for free after the public defender’s office laid off 21 lawyers. Judge Arthur Hunter said he would take action during a hearing last week, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. “This is not a…

Feb 16, 2012 12:39 PM CST

Ariz. Supreme Court Affirms Decision Keeping Candidate Off Ballot Because of Poor English Skills

The Arizona Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling keeping a local candidate off the ballot because her English language skills are lacking. The two-page order by the Arizona Supreme Court didn’t detail reasons for the decision, report the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, the Yuma Sun and…

Feb 8, 2012 4:17 PM CST

Leaning in to Help: Program Helps Nonprofits Better Serve Immigrant Children

Feb 1, 2012 8:30 AM CST

Lawyers Giving Back

Feb 1, 2012 7:30 AM CST

Supreme Court Rules for Death-Row Inmate Whose BigLaw Lawyers Missed the Appeal Deadline

Alabama death-row inmate Cory Maples isn’t barred from appealing his conviction because of a blown appeals deadline caused by the departure of his BigLaw pro bono lawyers. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 7-2 for Maples, finding there is cause to excuse the procedural default. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote…

Jan 18, 2012 4:05 PM CST

Pro Bono Lawyer to Help Covered-Wagon Traveler Camped Near Colo. Road Fight DOT Eviction Order

Left homeless after Hurricane Katrina hit his place in Gulfport, Miss., a 53-year-old man who has been traveling the country in a covered wagon headed west in protest of U.S. economic policy says he has been arrested only once, briefly, in Texas. But now Roy Gleiter and a 73-year-old companion,…

Jan 17, 2012 5:42 PM CST

Force for Good: Public Counsel Law Center’s New App Connects Lawyers, Clients

Jan 1, 2012 9:50 AM CST

Everything on the Table: LSC Looks to ABA to Help Meet Legal Needs of the Poor

Jan 1, 2012 7:20 AM CST

Lawyers Giving Back

Jan 1, 2012 7:00 AM CST

Sold as a Slave to US Family, Egyptian Girl Grows Up to Become a US Citizen

Sold as a slave by her family in Egypt and smuggled into the United States, at age 10, to work for a Cairo family living in California, a young girl has grown into a young woman with a bright future. Shyima Hall, now 22, was rescued at age 13 by…

Dec 16, 2011 11:04 PM CST

Around the Blawgosphere: Emailing the Big House; Firing a Pro Bono Client; Corporate Boards in 2012

Please contact me at [email protected] New York Times Dealbook blogger Peter Lattman recently reached out to convicted hedge fund trader Michael A. Kimelman and received this autoreply: “This email address is currently at a re-education camp for the indeterminate future and will not be checked. Please try back once its…

Dec 16, 2011 2:31 PM CST

Upward and Onward in 2012: Achieve New Heights in Promoting Rule of Law

Dec 1, 2011 10:30 AM CST

Doc Defender: He’s the Fair-Use Guru of Nonfiction Movies

Dec 1, 2011 9:10 AM CST

Government Work: Law Firms Answer the Call of Cash-Strapped Officials

Dec 1, 2011 8:30 AM CST

Lawyers Giving Back

Dec 1, 2011 7:20 AM CST