Pro Bono

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A second look at three strikes: Christopher Williams’s path to parole
Global teamwork leads to a successful outcome for Firm's Access to Justice Initiative
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White & Case named Lexology Index 2025 “North America Pro Bono Firm of the Year”
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White & Case named ISLP “Global Impact Law Firm”
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Safeguarding the future
Our lawyers help protect vulnerable children in Europe
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Unshackling debt
The Firm’s class-action lawsuit stops unconstitutional jailings of indigent people in Ferguson, Missouri
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Righting a wrong
Securing a US$9.45 million settlement for a client wrongfully imprisoned for more than 20 years
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Bracing for the storm
Helping Kenya prepare for natural disaster-driven conflict
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Leveling the playing field
Improving education standards for New Hampshire public school students
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Singapore Management University wins Jessup World Championship in year marked by record participation
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White & Case Pro Bono Team Secures Release of Guantánamo Bay Detainee
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White & Case wins National Law Journal's 2024 DC Diversity Initiative of the Year award
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ACLU, Education Law Center and White & Case Reach Groundbreaking Agreement in Flint Special Education Class Action Lawsuit
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White & Case Advises on Landmark Pro Bono US$35 Million Debt-For-Nature Swap with US and Indonesia to Protect Coral Reef Ecosystems
A group of five multi-generational family members, three male, two female, embrace in a backyard with their backs to the camera.
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A force for good
Multipronged effort helps individuals disproportionately affected by our criminal justice system and addresses racial injustice
Lawyers in traditional black gowns and light-colored wigs walk up a winding concrete ramp as they arrive at the Supreme Court of Kenya, in Nairobi, to be admitted to the Bar in November 2023. Some are also wearing sunglasses.
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Dispute alternatives
Training programs help Nairobi's push to become a preferred venue for dispute resolution
A close-up view of 28 colorfully decorated flags that form the art installation "United Neytions," which hangs in Sydney Airport. Each flag represents one of the original Aboriginal nations and is decorated in varying combinations of stripes, dots, spirals, diamonds and stars, in a color palette of orange, green, black, red, yellow and white. The work is by artist Archie Moore, a member of Australia's Kamilaroi Indigenous nation.
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Reconciling differences
White & Case teams up with Jawun to support Australia's Indigenous communities
A community nurse, left, shares information on a clipboard with three teenage girls, right. The group stands by a wooden fence in front of a shack in an informal settlement in Africa.
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An impactful bond
Structuring a Development Impact Bond that enhances reproductive health services for girls in Kenya
A view of the portico of the New York County Supreme Court, in lower Manhattan in New York City. Above its columns, the portico is engraved with the motto, "The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government." Sun shines on the top left corner.
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A model partnership
Amazon and White & Case raise the bar on pro bono collaborations with four projects in 2023 
A distant view of the Supreme Court of Zambia, in the country's capital of Lusaka. The red-brick, two-story building features white columns along the main facade and a pair of white lion sculptures enclosing the wide entrance steps. A large palm tree stands to the left, and three flagpoles to the right.
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Trailblazing jurist Florence Mumba receives White & Case Distinguished Jessup Alumni Award
The competition opens doors and shapes careers for many law students around the world
A nighttime view of the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera) in Vienna, Austria. The Neo-Renaissance building is warmly lit, inside and out. Light from traffic appears as red and white streaks in the left foreground.
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Training the next generation of international lawyers
The Firm expanded its Vis Moot training to students in Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Two pairs of hands, one left, one right, wash leafy greens in a red bucket, under a stream of water from a water gravity system in a village in northern Sierra Leone. The water is drawn from a local mountain.
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Clean water, effective sanitation
Our legal research for Human Right 2 Water helps push essential needs toward becoming legally protected human rights
Image from a camera half-submerged in the tropical waters of Lissenung Island, Papua New Guinea. Under water, dense and varied green coral is visible. Above water, an island and a person paddling a traditional outrigger canoe are silhouetted against a vibrant orange sunset.
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Swapping debt for nature
The Firm's latest debt-for-nature swap was among the first to tap into a newly reauthorized US law
Two teenage girls facing each other raise their fists against a late-afternoon blue sky. One girl, left, looks up, while the other, right, looks into the distance. The wind blows their hair.
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Ending child marriage in the United States
Momentum continues to build as we helped change laws in three more states, bringing the total to ten states
A female volunteer, right, and Ukrainian refugee woman, left, sit on steps in a train station, both looking at a document the volunteer is holding and explaining
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Pro bono in wartime
Firm provides humanitarian and legal aid to Ukraine
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Firm’s pro bono initiative a catalyst for UN-REDD Carbon Rights report launch
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Jessup Sees Record Number of Participating Teams in 2024
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White & Case Secures Pro Bono Victory for Students in New Hampshire School Funding Lawsuit
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Latin Lawyer recognizes White & Case Mexico City office as a Pro Bono Leading Light
Carbon rights
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Carbon rights
Identifying legal frameworks for developing countries to address climate change
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Reproductive freedoms
Building on our long history of reproductive rights pro bono work
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The problem with pardons
Providing access to executive clemency for women and other vulnerable groups
A holistic approach juvenile defense
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A holistic approach
Improving access to justice for children
Call of the wild gray wolf
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Call of the wild
Free speech victory benefits endangered gray wolves
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Office highlights
Pro bono matters from each of our offices
Navigating the difference between ESG and pro bono
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Navigating the difference between ESG and pro bono
A conversation with Jacquelyn MacLennan, EU competition and trade law partner, Global Pro Bono Practice Leader (2015 – 2022) and Business & Human Rights Interest Group member
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Safe passage
Helping refugees fleeing from Afghanistan
Australia floods
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In the wake of the storm
Rebuilding houses and lives following the Australia floods
Ukraine response
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Call to action
Responding to those affected by the war in Ukraine
Achievements
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White & Case teams up with AbbVie on Second Look Project pro bono case
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Pro bono secondments
Deepening client relationships and boosting associates' skills