DLA Piper is deeply committed to pro bono. Our pro bono efforts focus on three areas: the rights of children, access to justice and the rule of law, and assisting asylum seekers, refugees, and stateless people. Our work is both global and local. We provide direct service to individuals and organizations that could not otherwise afford counsel, while helping to build a pro bono culture in the legal profession around the world.

New Perimeter is DLA Piper's nonprofit affiliate that provides long-term pro bono legal assistance in under-served regions around the world. New Perimeter supports access to justice, social and economic development, sound legal institutions, and women's advancement. Founded in 2005 as a result of our firm's commitment to support legal advancement worldwide, New Perimeter's vision is to harness the skills and talents of DLA Piper lawyers to further a more just world for all.

At DLA Piper, diversity, inclusion and equality are a part of how we live our values. We are one of the world's largest law firms, with lawyers and staff in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Our people reflect the diversity of our clients and the many communities and markets where we work.

With offices worldwide, our efforts to understand, value and incorporate differences are woven into our culture. We are on a journey and, like most law firms, we still have some distance to travel. But with strategic approaches within our geographic regions, we're making great progress.

• The Cohen Group

  The Cohen Group

  DLA Piper has a strategic alliance with The Cohen Group, a business consulting firm, to help clients identify and achieve global business and strategic opportunities. The Cohen Group's sector experience includes, but is not limited to:

  • Aerospace and defense
  • Biotechnology and pharmaceutical
  • Financial services
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Homeland security
  • Information technology, telecommunications and technology
  • International trade and agriculture
  • Property and real estate
  • Strategic communications and message development
  • Transportation and logistics

  Specific client services include: 

  • Advice and assistance - Strategic advice to corporate leadership and hands-on assistance in marketing, regulatory affairs and related matters. These advisory services include: 
  • Providing insights on developments and trends to provide a competitive advantage by exploiting opportunities and avoiding pitfalls
  • Opening and sustaining lines of communication with political, business and financial leaders who could affect success in the market and assisting the client to build and enhance its own network of relationships in the market
  • Identifying and assessing potential markets and analyzing the political, legal and regulatory factors that will affect the ability to successfully enter and operate in the market
  • Business development - Hands-on assistance to grow revenue and profits, working closely with the client's team to identify and actively pursue opportunities..

  • Transactions - Deal sourcing and capital raising activities through all stages to successful deal closure. These transactional services include: 
  • Working with clients seeking acquisition targets, strategic partners or divestiture opportunities by identifying attractive purchase targets or potential buyers
  • Conducting thorough company due diligence, providing in-depth analysis of your competitive strengths within the market in question, drawing upon The Cohen Group's strong knowledge base and wealth of contacts in many sectors

  The Cohen Group is led by:

  Secretary William Cohen, former US Secretary of Defense, Senator and Congressman

  General Joseph Ralston, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  Ambassador Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and US Ambassador to Turkey

  Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and US Ambassador to NATO and Greece

  Lt. General Ed Cardon, former commander of Army Cyber Command

  Ambassador Jeff Davidow, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere and US Ambassador to Mexico, Venezuela and Zambia

  Sir Angus Houston, former Chief of the Australian Defense Force and Chief of the Australian Air Force

  General Paul Kern, former Commander of the US Army Materiel Command and the Senior Adviser for Army Research, Development and Acquisition

  Admiral James Loy, former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Commandant of the US Coast Guard

  General James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense and Commander of US Central Command

  Lt. General Harry Raduege, former Director of the US Defense Information Systems Agency and Commander of the Joint Task Force Global Network Operations

  Dave Rank, former Acting US Ambassador to China

  Lord George Robertson, former NATO Secretary General and the UK Defense Minister

  General Curtis Scaparrotti, former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander, US Forces Korea

  Ambassador Arun Singh, former Indian Ambassador to the United States, France, and Israel

  Lt. General Joe Yakovac, former Director of the US Army Acquisition Corps and Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology

  William Zarit, former Minister for Commercial Affairs at the US Embassy in Beijing and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce

  These leaders collaborate with and are supported by a seasoned team which has spent many years at the most senior levels of The White House, Congress, and US agencies including the Defense Department and State Department, the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, India and China, and the private sector.

  The Cohen Group has offices in Washington, USA; London, UK; Beijing, China; Tianjin, China; Delhi, India; Brisbane, Australia; and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

• Marbury Institute

  Marbury Institute

  DLA Piper prides itself on adhering to the highest standards of quality and professionalism. To nurture those values in the world of a large, multi-office law firm, we established The Marbury Institute in honor of one of DLA Piper's founders, William L. Marbury, Jr. (1901-1988). 

  The programs established under The Marbury Institute seek to instill in our lawyers the core values, goals and attributes of DLA Piper; fostering a sense of pride in the rich past, unique role and challenging future of our profession; developing excellent legal skills; solving client problems; communicating in clean language without legalese; and treating opposing lawyers, parties, witnesses, judges and everyone else with whom we come into contact in a professional and civil manner.

  The Institute will evolve and change, as every class of new lawyers partakes and leaves its own imprint. But DLA Piper's commitment to the higher values of the profession will be the permanent guiding star of this effort. 

  Each month, The Marbury Institute offers a one hour program under one of the following topics: 

  • Academic Links: Law professors make scholarly presentations on subjects of interest to DLA Piper's lawyers.
  • Outside Notables: Guest speakers, including our clients, from the world of business, government and the public interest community present information on issues affecting the legal community and the world.
  • Pro Bono Series: DLA Piper lawyers gain insight into our signature projects and extensive array of pro bono cases.
  • Vacketta-DLA Piper Annual Lecture: In honor of Carl Vacketta, head of our Government Contracts practice and distinguished alumnus of the University of Illinois College of Law, DLA Piper has endowed a lecture series focusing on the evolving role of government.
  • Wise Men and Women Series: Senior lawyers at DLA Piper share wisdom gained through their experiences over the years.
  • Diversity and Inclusion Series: Our attorneys and external presenters provide insight into the importance of working collaboratively to integrate the goals and concepts of diversity and inclusion.

  View Marbury Institute events.