Good offices

Successfully represented a local restaurant owner in litigation against his now-former landlord for fraudulent misrepresentation and unfair business practices 

Helped secure the release of a detained asylum seeker with several health conditions that put him at severe risk of COVID-19

Application for a writ of habeas corpus in a Texas death penalty case

Representing foster parents seeking to adopt their foster children

Our disputes lawyers and legal interns, together with the nonprofit organization APyRE (Apoyo y Rehabilitación A.C.), launched the first pro bono project in Mexico for this client to assist and represent youth with mental health disabilities in need of professional representation in their guardianship proceedings to protect their rights as individuals.

Representing children from Central America applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 

Obtained life-changing wins in three criminal appeals: freeing one man who was jailed for 20 years for a crime he didn’t commit; freeing another man who was a victim of faulty police identification procedures; and earning a reversal of conviction and new trial for a third man because a juror stated that he couldn’t be “fully fair” on the case  

Analyzed Brazil’s emergency decree related to the COVID-19 pandemic for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Providing ongoing corporate and transactional advice to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for multiple myeloma, and its subsidiary, the Myeloma Investment Fund, a philanthropic venture capital fund focused on funding myeloma and other cancer research.

Secured the dismissal of our client’s removal proceedings by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and his release after federal court vacated an earlier conviction based on counsel’s ineffectiveness for failing to advise him on the immigration consequences of his plea. Our team was awarded the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition’s 2020 Detained Adult Champion Award.

Providing ongoing advice to Animal Welfare Abu Dhabi related to drafting template agreements, corporate documents and policies along with general legal advice

Advising German art nonprofit KUNST.RAUM.STEGLITZ regarding the denial of public funding for an art campaign

Providing ongoing legal advice on compliance with applicable personal data protection regulations to Cesta von, o.z., which helps disadvantaged individuals from early childhood through adulthood

Reviewed the role of migrants’ vulnerabilities in the jurisprudence of European courts and EU Member States during various phases of migration enforcement for the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)

Providing ongoing advice to the Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL) through the establishment of a new contemporary art museum in Beirut

Provided general corporate advice to Hedayah and in connection with their International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism programs

Provided governance and other corporate advice to pro futura e.V., a nonprofit providing employment training to underrepresented communities 

Provided data protection and corporate legal advice to German pro bono clearinghouse UPJ e.V. and, in partnership with the clearinghouse, held two virtual seminars on insolvency issues related to COVID-19 for nonprofits

Provided Swiss law advice to the environmental nonprofit Rainforest Alliance

Providing ongoing corporate, litigation and intellectual property advice to ohhh! Foundation e.V., a youth-led AIDS education nonprofit 

Helping Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation establish an office in Finland 

Provided legal advice to the Darüşşafaka Society, a Turkish education equality nonprofit

Advised nonprofit Endeavor Entrepreneurship Institute NPC on establishing the legal fund structure and agreements necessary, including moving its fund to a new investment manager established for that purpose

Conducting tribunal appeals for people whose disability benefits were wrongly terminated

Helped Fundación Pro Bono España, in collaboration with a consortium of other law firms, prepare a report for nonprofit associations and foundations to help them navigate the legal issues they may face due to the pandemic

Provided general corporate advice to Fondazione per l’infanzia Ronald McDonald Italia

Providing general corporate and labor law advice to Action for Russian Children 

Analyzed best implementation practices of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and compliance of national laws with the Convention for the Kazakhstan NGO Cultural Dialogue

Providing legal advice to NGOs, associations and institutions dedicated to the protection of human rights through referrals from Alliance des Avocats pour les Droits de l’Homme, on which we also serve as members of the board. Work also involves representing vulnerable people before criminal, administrative and civil courts and, as a rule, pursuant to protection programs for minors and women.

Providing legal support to Post Bellum, a nonprofit that documents the memories of witnesses of major 20th-century historical events

Researched children’s right to a healthy environment for Child Rights International Network 

Assisting The Children’s Rights Bureau with ongoing advice on a number of issues, primarily on appeals and strategies to create precedents in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court to strengthen children’s rights; also led a workshop for and with the Bureau on how to effectively formulate a claim, questions of evidence and leave to appeal

Analyzed Uzbekistan’s emergency decree related to the COVID-19 pandemic for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Assisted Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and Child Circle with a review of jurisprudence on unaccompanied children in migration in Europe

Participated in Peking University Law School Legal Clinic

Representing several foreign domestic helpers who are suspected victims of human trafficking, in collaboration with Christian Action, PILnet, Liberty Shared and several local barristers
 

Provided an e-clinic to nonprofits and social entrepreneurs on employment, contracts and access-to-funding concerns arising from COVID-19 in Indonesia

Assisted on the formation of The ELLA Foundation, which creates pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children into competitive dance 

Researched children’s right to a healthy environment for Child Rights International Network 

Researched Chinese trade law for the World Bank’s Doing Business report

Advised Kyeema Foundation in relation to its strategic partnership with the charitable foundation of the Palladium Group. Kyeema Foundation is an Australian nonprofit focused on improving health and production of village chickens (a primary source of sustenance) in vulnerable communities across Africa and Southeast Asia.

Assisted PonyUp For Good Pty Ltd., a social enterprise that offers e-waste services to businesses, with recertifying as a social enterprise and amending its governing documents, specifically, the constitution and shareholder agreement

Provided general corporate advice for Save the Children Japan