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Amy Powell, Litigation Director at Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG), and former Senior Trial Counsel at the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Division, issued the following statement in response to reports that Trump is demanding the DOJ pay him $230 million for past cases:
In recognition of the National Celebration of Pro Bono (October 19–25, 2025), Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) proudly honors Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) as a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Pro Bono Partner Award, celebrating the firm’s extensive contributions across immigration, climate, and democracy-focused legal initiatives.
Over the past several years, Davis Wright Tremaine has been a cornerstone partner in L4GG’s efforts to expand access to justice — from helping immigrants secure work authorization and stability to supporting research and education efforts that strengthen climate and environmental policy. Across each initiative, DWT attorneys have shown what it means to use legal expertise as a tool for progress and equity.
In recognition of the National Celebration of Pro Bono (October 19–25, 2025), Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) proudly honors Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) as a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Pro Bono Partner Award, celebrating the firm’s extensive contributions across immigration, climate, and democracy-focused legal initiatives.
Over the past several years, Davis Wright Tremaine has been a cornerstone partner in L4GG’s efforts to expand access to justice — from helping immigrants secure work authorization and stability to supporting research and education efforts that strengthen climate and environmental policy. Across each initiative, DWT attorneys have shown what it means to use legal expertise as a tool for progress and equity.
In celebration of the National Celebration of Pro Bono (October 19–25, 2025), Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) is proud to recognize Clean Energy Counsel (CEC) as a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Pro Bono Partner Award.
Clean Energy Counsel has been a dedicated partner to L4GG for more than seven years, providing expert legal guidance and strategic support across a wide range of initiatives — from climate and environmental justice to civil rights and access to legal information. The firm’s attorneys combine subject-matter expertise with a mission-driven commitment to strengthening the rule of law and advancing equity through their pro bono service.
The Trump administration is considering restricting access to mifepristone, a medication used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the United States and widely prescribed for miscarriage management.
Over the past nine months, lawyers across the country have fought tirelessly to protect people’s rights to gender-affirming healthcare, reproductive healthcare, and the privacy and security of their highly personal medical data. However, we can only fight using the tools provided to us through the law. Now, a slate of three new laws protecting care is set to go before Governor Hochul – it is critical that they be signed into law.
Staff and community members at Lawyers for Good Government are dismayed at the abuse of our federal government’s legal counsel to strip core, foundational constitutional rights from transgender Americans and call on all attorneys of conscience to stand united against this massive escalation in discriminatory action by the Trump administration.
Today, Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) and partners announced their filing of whistleblower complaints against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on behalf of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) whistleblowers who wish to remain anonymous. The complaints have been sent to the Congress, the US Office of Special Counsel, and the DHS Office of Inspector General.
Jillian Blanchard, Vice President of Climate Change & Environmental Justice at Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG), issued the following statement in reaction to the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of $7 billion in Solar for All (SFA) Grants.
Jillian Blanchard, Vice President of Climate Change & Environmental Justice at Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG), issued a statement in reaction to today’s U.S. District Court hearing on class certification in the first-of-its kind lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of $3 billion in Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Block Grants.
Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) was proud to join Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and local and national climate justice leaders at an Environmental Justice Roundtable hosted at the Greater New Orleans Foundation. The discussion focused on recent harmful Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decisions—including the termination of federal grant awards and the rollback of critical environmental protections—and how we can continue to push environmental justice forward under the Trump Administration.
Today, Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) is proud to launch the Pro Bono Litigation Corps (PBLC)—a first-of-its-kind initiative mobilizing experienced attorneys to take on some of the most pressing constitutional challenges of our time.
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed President Trump's reconciliation bill by a vote of 51-50, advancing one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in recent history. Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) condemns this dangerous bill that prioritizes tax cuts for billionaires while stripping healthcare, food assistance, environmental protections, and basic rights from millions of Americans, including lawfully present immigrants. We call on the House of Representatives to reject this assault on working families, farmers, states, local governments, vulnerable communities, immigrant families, and our planet's future.
Today's Supreme Court decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. represents a dangerous departure from our founding principles and poses an existential threat to the rule of law itself. By restricting federal courts' ability to issue universal injunctions against unconstitutional government actions, the Court has created what Justice Jackson aptly called a "zone of lawlessness" where the Executive can violate constitutional rights with impunity.
Washington, D.C. —Today, a coalition of nonprofits, Tribes and local governments sued the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to fund them.
The plaintiffs come from every region of the country and will be seeking class action certification and preliminary relief so that all 350 grant recipients who have been harmed by the wholesale termination of the EPA program may continue their initiatives. These community-based initiatives include improving climate disaster preparedness, expanding workforce development opportunities, improving and monitoring air quality, mitigating stormwater and flood damage, combating high energy costs, and improving community members’ ability to participate in decision-making and permitting processes that impact their health and environment.
Earthjustice, Southern Environmental Law Center, Public Rights Project, and Lawyers for Good Government filed the challenge on behalf of ECJ grant recipients to seek the nationwide restoration of the program and to require the administration to reinstate awarded grant agreements.
The Nation of Laws Coalition stands in strong support of the American Bar Association (ABA) for filing a lawsuit challenging the federal government's attempts at systematic intimidation of lawyers and law firms.
Whether it’s helping hospitals deliver life-saving care in the face of restrictive abortion laws, ensuring communities can access the clean energy funding they’re owed, or expanding legal pathways for asylum seekers - L4GG is stepping in where justice is most urgently needed. Moreover on May 1, more than 10,000 lawyers and advocates rallied in over 50 cities to defend the rule of law—an effort L4GG helped build from the ground up. And with the launch of our Impact Docket, our community is turning action into outcomes every two weeks.
The Trump administration is preparing a new rule that would block asylum seekers from obtaining work permits while their cases are pending. If enacted, this change would eliminate one of the only remaining lifelines in the U.S. asylum system. For over 30 years, asylum seekers have been able to apply for work permits after a certain waiting period. This proposal would undo that—turning survival into a privilege, and waiting into a punishment.
A blog post by Estuardo Cifuentes, Project Corazon Program Manager
The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a bill that would do real, lasting harm to millions of people across this country.
We’re talking about a massive giveaway to billionaires—paid for by gutting essential services, expanding funding for ICE, and destroying key environmental protections.
Here’s how to take action!
In these unprecedented times, we're pleased to share a significant development this Earth Day that demonstrates how legal advocacy can create immediate positive impacts for communities across the nation.
Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG), a nationwide nonprofit organization mobilizing lawyers in support of equal justice and civil and human rights, condemns in the strongest possible terms the Trump administration's refusal to comply with the Supreme Court's order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after his wrongful deportation to El Salvador.