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Brown Rudnick is a signatory
to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® of the National Pro Bono Institute, as
well as a member of the Association of Pro Bono Counsel (APBCo.)
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. We serve as general
counsel to the non-profit Reach Out and Read.
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Fighting intolerance. The
Firm has long provided extensive legal representation to organizations such as the
Anti-Defamation League and serves as general counsel to Facing History and Ourselves.
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Indigent Artists. We
have created the Brown Rudnick Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Fee
Collection Initiative to assist struggling artists when they are having
trouble getting paid for their artwork.
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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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Unemployment Benefit
Appeals. We represent those who have lost employment and who are
challenging denial of unemployment benefits.
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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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German Ghetto Workers.
We provide assistance at legal clinics in New York and Boston to assist
survivors of WWII era Ghettos in pursuit of restitution payments from
the German government.
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Veterans. Our
attorneys provide representation to veterans and their families in
obtaining benefits they are entitled to.
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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