Pro Bono

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Stolen childhood
We continue to fight child sexual abuse and child marriage
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Systemic failure
Our lawyers are working on behalf of individuals and NGOs around the world fighting for a humane and fair justice system
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Absent consent
Lawyers in several of our offices are working on behalf of victimized women and girls
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Our Green Initiative
We take our responsibility to manage our environmental footprint seriously
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Highlights of our work
Lawyers in every office in our global network do pro bono work each year. We highlight matters from each office.
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White & Case Joins Norrsken Foundation's Action Against Corona Initiative
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Record-setting Number of Teams Registered to Compete in 2020 Jessup Competition
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Lindsay Heck Honored for Pro Bono Work
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White & Case Named Middle East Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year
In the Media
Lindsay Heck Appears on MSNBC to Discuss the Children of Flint, Michigan and the Impacts of Lead in their Drinking Water
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Jury Awards Mark Schand US$27 Million in Civil Rights Case
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White & Case Recognized by American Bar Association for the Firm’s Pro Bono Commitment to Death Penalty Representation
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Women's World Banking Honors White & Case and Sylvia Chin for Pro Bono Work
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A global framework for managing disaster risk
We are assisting in the development of a Global Disaster Risk Management Law & Policy Index for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
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Legal first aid for first aid providers
We are supporting the IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC), hosted by the French Red Cross, with research to establish first aid providers’ liability and identify gaps and best practices.
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Is education a right for migrant children?
Our lawyers analyzed how legal accountability can promote the delivery of education for the millions of school-aged migrants worldwide.
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Schooled in law
We added a new partnership with the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship at New York University School of Law to our growing roster of programs for law students.
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The role of the courts in public education
We work through the courts to enforce legal obligations and unlock funding for education in several US states.
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Case studies in international arbitration
Our investment in education extends to training for practicing lawyers and judges. We applied a tailored approach for lawyers in The Republic of The Gambia in collaboration with the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP).
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A curriculum for judges on the impact of reproductive rights
When the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) received a grant to create a training program to sensitize judges globally about the importance and impact of reproductive rights, they turned to us to help create a model curriculum.
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The path to a Global Pact for the Environment
We are conducting a crucial legal review to inform the UN as it considers creating the world’s first universal environmental charter.
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The Zoological Society of London goes high-tech in the fight against poaching
Our intellectual property lawyers help ZSL secure rights to the technology to monitor endangered animals.
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A blueprint for financing climate action at scale
Our lawyers co-authored a white paper with the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group that calls for the creation of a sustainable collateralized loan obligation market to combat climate change.
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Conservation finance
Our long-time pro bono client Conservation International structures innovative financing for nature conservation and climate change projects.
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A Truly Global Pro Bono Practice
Our work focuses on providing access to justice, serving organizations with a social or environmental mission and promoting the rule of law and good sovereign governance
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A Second Chance
Corporate and Disputes lawyers come together to represent a juvenile lifer
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A Beauty School Opens in Harlem
New York partner Steven Lutt helps a longstanding pro bono client realize her dream.
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White & Case Wins Landmark EU Court of Justice Ruling on Free Movement Rights for Same-Sex Spouses