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L4GG’s Pro Bono Programs in the News
Lawyers for Good Government has honored four BigLaw firms for their pro bono efforts this year in human rights, climate change, reproductive health and racial justice.
The nonprofit organization said Wednesday that Kirkland & Ellis LLP had received the 2023 Pro Bono Paragon Award for its commitment and contributions to the pro bono programs of Lawyers for Good Government or L4GG.
It may not be made of concrete-filled steel, but it sends the same message: The Biden administration has built a technological wall at the Southern border. Only those who can navigate a glitchy appointment lottery on a smartphone app can now present themselves at ports of entry to seek safety.
It’s in full breach of statutory and international law. This leaves the most vulnerable migrants stuck, waiting in horrific conditions for a day that may literally never come. If Biden’s asylum ban is put into effect, this might be the most hope they ever have.
Lawyers have been organizing in large numbers during the last six years to offer pro bono legal services to immigrants, racial minorities and small businesses affected by COVID-19. The new post-Roe landscape is no different.
Among the significant forces behind this pro bono organizing effort is Lawyers for Good Government, a nonprofit that grew out of a popular Facebook group started by Traci Feit Love in 2016. In this interview, I talk with Love about the work she continues to do with unstoppable zeal. She paused long enough to explain that her drive is also a way of coping with the injustices she witnesses in the world.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has given rise to many legal needs for those in Ukraine. In this episode, Nihad Mansour, Assistant Director, Law Firm Pro Bono Project® interviews Lauren Worsek, Director of Pro Bono Initiatives at Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG). Hear more about L4GG’s pro bono program offering assistance to those in Ukraine and how law firms and corporations can get involved.
Kirkland & Ellis and Lawyers for Good Government, a nonprofit legal advocacy group, are coordinating a pro bono legal effort to help Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. as they seek temporary protected status, an immigration status that allows them to stay in the country until at least October 2023.
Lawyers for Good Government and Kirkland & Ellis LLP are spearheading the pro bono clinic, officially known as the TPS Pro Bono Project for Ukraine, by first training attorneys on the immigration paperwork, then matching them with Ukrainians who are looking for help with the application process.