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Brown Rudnick's pro bono
representation encompasses a broad array of legal work. Substantively,
our attorneys have worked on everything from litigating major public
policy matters in state and federal courts, to representing individual
homeless clients with social security disability claims, to providing
“general counsel” representation to non-profit organizations.
To a large extent, pro bono
undertakings are responsive to the particular interest or professional
development needs of individual attorneys or paralegals. There are some
areas of particular Firm focus, however, which include:
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Inner-city education.
Working in conjunction with the Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp.,
which makes grants to non-profit organizations working to improve
inner-city education, the Center coordinates the provision of pro bono legal representation
in support of the grantees and their purposes.
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Fighting intolerance. The
Firm has long provided extensive legal representation to organizations such as the
Anti-Defamation League and Facing History and Ourselves.
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Homelessness. The Firm
participates in legal clinics at homeless shelters in Boston coordinated
by the Boston Bar Association’s Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and
Homelessness. We also have provided substantial assistance for decades to
Rosie’s Place, a homeless shelter for women in Boston, and to other
non-profit organizations serving the homeless.
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Lawyer of the Day. The Firm
participates in supporting the Boston Housing Court through the Lawyer of
the Day program which provides legal guidance to unrepresented litigants.
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The Family Advocacy
Program (FAP). The Firm has paired with the Family Advocacy Program at Boston
Medical Center to work on legal issues involving the nexus between health
and education. An innovative new FAP program -- "Building Bridges"
-- was founded by the Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation, to find ways of
helping traumatized children and those who teach them.
The Firm generally does not
accept new pro bono clients directly. Rather, it receives referrals of
potential cases from reputable agencies which screen clients for income and
substantive eligibility. Such entities include:
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