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Quarles & Brady to host pro bono week event
With National Pro Bono Week taking place Oct. 23-29 and the need for pro bono legal services as great as ever, Quarles & Brady’s Milwaukee office is hosting a special event designed to introduce more of the firm’s attorneys and legal professionals to the organizations who need their help.
Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission names attorneys to Pro Bono Honor Society
Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission, established in 2009 by a Wisconsin Supreme Court order, named 292 attorneys to its 2021 Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society.
Marquette students offer statewide pro bono help throughout pandemic
Marquette University Law School students are helping provide better access to justice in Wisconsin using a pro bono program started out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wills for Heroes goes virtual, offers more services during pandemic
In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has helped the pro bono Wills for Heroes program make more of a difference than ever.
Law student, attorney to be recognized at lunch for pro bono work
The Milwaukee Bar Association is recognizing an attorney and a Marquette law student for the pro bono legal work they've done.
Federal budget proposal would deal blow to civil legal aid groups, pro bono program
Although President Donald Trump has struggled to deliver on many of his campaign promises in his first 100 days in office, legal-aid advocates are still worried about a budget proposal that could leave thousands of residents who can’t afford legal representation fending for themselves.
Committee to tackle proposals for expungement, pro bono work for DAs
A state Assembly committee will hold a public hearing Thursday on a slew of bills, including one that would change the state’s procedures for expunging a person’s record.
Committee may propose clinic for crime victims, pro bono for DAs
A committee charged with studying ways the state can ensure residents have access to civil legal services will be discussing legislation it might propose for introduction next session.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Pro bono: Pro or con for recent grads?
Pro bono work is an indisputably positive activity — in theory. However, the specifics of a pro bono plan are not always so indisputable.
Rule change for registered in-house attorneys follows national shift
Although the CUNA Mutual Group has been offering pro bono legal services since 2013, it has never been clear whether Wisconsin Supreme Court rules let every lawyer there participate.
The pros of pro bono
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules require all lawyers in the state to provide legal services voluntarily to those who cannot afford them in order to expand access to justice. But, often, that work comes full circle, offering attorneys opportunities to advance their careers while expanding personal development. Here are the stories of three attorneys and how pro bono work took them on different paths i[...]
Group wants pro bono attorneys for piecemeal divorce cases
Before a recent rule change, the chances were slim that the parties in a divorce case could find lawyers to represent them pro bono.
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