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16 Jul 2008
American Bar Association honors DLA Piper law firm with 2008 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding public service
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CHICAGO – DLA Piper, an international law firm, will be recognized with one of five 2008 Pro Bono Publico Awards from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service.
DLA Piper will receive its award on Monday, Aug. 11, at the Pro Bono Publico Awards Assembly Luncheon at noon at the New York Hilton, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, in New York City, during the ABA Annual Meeting.
ABA President William H. Neukom will present the 2008 awards. “DLA Piper is a leader among law firms,” said Neukom. “With 90 percent of its lawyers doing pro bono work, the firm’s impact on encouraging public service is extraordinary. Through this volunteer work, the firm is a leading example of the tens of thousands of lawyers in this country who deliver on the promise of equal justice for all.”
The Pro Bono Publico Awards honor individuals or organizations in the legal community that enhance the human dignity of others by improving or delivering volunteer legal services to the poor or disadvantaged.
DLA Piper, an international law firm with more than 3,700 lawyers in 25 countries, was ranks near the top in pro bono participation according to the American Lawyer AmLaw 200 survey. According to that survey, 90 percent of DLA Piper’s US lawyers put in more than 20 hours of pro bono service. In 2007, lawyers at the firm did an average of 80 hours each of pro bono work.
In addition, DLA Piper has developed innovative strategic partnerships with nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, foundations and corporate clients to develop solutions to challenging social problems. These projects include Access to Education, The Fight Against Hunger and Serving Those Who Serve Our Country.
The largest of these pro bono projects to date is Chicago’s Project in Juvenile Justice for which the firm has donated more than 23,000 lawyer hours during the past three years to represent young people in conflict with the law. This project grew out of the firm’s desire to enhance the impact of its pro bono work by concentrating significant resources in a particular area of law. Under this project, DLA Piper lawyers have represented scores of children in legal proceedings and undertaken a major policy initiative aimed at helping court-involved children return to school.
More information on the Pro Bono Publico Awards and the 2008 recipients is available at
http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/nav_awards.shtml.