May 02, 2023
At a crucial moment when the need for affordable legal services continues to rise, a panel of the District of Columbia’s top advocates of legal services met to discuss the importance, the challenges, and the future of access to justice in Washington, D.C.
April 18, 2023
Legal services providers, advocates, and other community members rallied in support of Washington D.C.’s Access to Justice Initiative at a D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety hearing April 13, urging the District’s legislative body to preserve funding at fiscal year 2023 levels.
April 14, 2023
After nearly three years of remote operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center’s Saturday Advice & Referral Clinic returned to in-person services.
March 31, 2022
The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, the largest provider of pro bono legal help in the District of Columbia, has appointed Kelli Neptune as its new executive director.
February 11, 2022
A report published by NPC Research of Portland, Oregon examines the experiences of litigants with remote hearings in their District of Columbia family law cases during the pandemic.
February 07, 2022
In Administrative Order 22-02 issued on February 4, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia named three Hogan Lovells US LLP attorneys who are permitted to receive pro bono appointments in serious misdemeanor and low-level felony cases involving adults.
November 17, 2021
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati associate Feng Tian holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, secured patents for pharmaceutical inventions, and even helped create a drug candidate for treatment of diabetes. How did his career in research science lead him to a career in intellectual property law and volunteer service with the Pro Bono Center's Nonprofit & Small Business Legal Assistance Programs?
October 25, 2021
The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center has released its new Pro Bono Initiative Report showing that 65 law firms across the District rose to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, devoting a record-breaking 1,049,139 hours of pro bono work in 2020 to assist D.C. residents in need of legal help.
October 25, 2021
Federal government attorney Lola Johnson has volunteered with the Pro Bono Center’s Advice & Referral Clinic for the past three years. She shared her perspective on volunteering as a federal government employee, delivering legal advice remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the value of pro bono service in this Q&A.
September 17, 2021
On August 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order preventing evictions in counties with “heightened levels of community transmission” of COVID-19. Weeks later, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the order.
