Pro Bono

In addition to our 30 practice groups, we also provide pro bono legal services and other support to children’s services groups and educational institutions; to artist and trade organizations; to advocacy and charitable entities that support homeless people, immigrants, and refugees; and to victims of illegal discrimination. In recognition of our commitment to volunteer legal services in community organizations and associations, the Los Angeles County Bar Association recently presented us with a Pro Bono Service Award.

Community organizations and associations

We have provided pro bono legal services and other support to a diverse group of public interest organizations:

  • Citymeals-on-Wheels
  • Coalition for the Homeless
  • DOROT
  • Hispanic Aids Forum
  • Hope for a Cure Foundation
  • INCLUDEnyc

  • New York Legal Assistance Group

  • New York Road Runners Club
  • Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
  • Services for the UnderServed
  • Special Olympics New York
  • The Trevor Project
  • The Armory Foundation
  • The Hunter College Foundation
  • The New York City Bar Association’s World Trade Center Assistance Program
  • Today, I’m Brave

Artists and art organizations

  • The Art Directors Club
  • Ad Club of New York
  • Association of Independent Commercial Producers
  • The Creative Coalition
  • Ivy Film Festival
  • Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Trade organizations

We have provided pro bono legal services to:

  • Interactive Television Alliance
  • International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  • The Paley Center for Media

Schools and universities

We teach at:

  • Hunter College
  • New York University
  • Parsons The New School For Design
  • Brooklyn Law School
  • Columbia Law School
  • Fordham University School of Law
  • Harvard Law School
  • New York Law School
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Miami Ad School
  • VCU School of Mass Communications
  • Peking University

Advocacy groups

We partner with traditional advocacy groups such as:

  • Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
  • Media Matters
  • The Bronx Defenders
  • Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
  • Women's Prison Association

Bar associations

We hold leadership and committee positions in the:

  • American Bar Association
  • Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
  • New York City Bar Association
  • New York Council of Defense Lawyers
  • New York County Lawyers Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association   
  • Video Game Bar Association 
  • The American Law Institute
  • International Trademark Association
  • Copyright Society of the USA