Our pro bono community sets a new record!
Within three months, 28 law firms and 6 corporations united to represent 35 asylum cases from 18 different countries!
Thank you to our partners who stepped up and continue our commitment of providing access to justice!
It's never to late to connect with a pro bono client! NIJC has more than 70 people and families on our wait list who are in need of pro bono representation. If you’re ready to join us and help change a life, here’s what you can do:
- An attorney with law firm support can represent a person or family seeking asylum. If you are part of a corporate in-house team, please ask a law firm partner to also join your team.
- Select a case. NIJC staff is available to help with case selection.
- Watch NIJC's recently recorded asylum training for pro bono attorneys.
- NIJC staff will provide expertise and technical support throughout the life of your case to help you succeed.
For more information, please contact NIJC Pro Bono Manager Ellen Miller.
Congratulations to our committed partners! 🎉
Pro bono teams from AbbVie and Ropes & Gray LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Honduras.
Pro bono teams from AON and Foley & Lardner LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
Pro bono teams from ArentFox Schiff LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Burma.
Pro bono teams from Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Ghana.
Pro bono teams from Chapman & Cutler LLP and BMO are representing two asylum seekers from Venezuela.
Pro bono teams from Cooley LLP are representing an asylum seeking family from Afghanistan.
Pro bono teams from Enova and Paul Hastings are representing an asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
Pro bono teams from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Nicaragua.
Pro bono teams from Goldberg Kohn Ltd. are representing an asylum seeker from Turkey.
Pro bono teams from Jaszczuk P.C. are representing an asylum seeking family from Nicaragua.
Pro bono teams from Jones Day are representing an asylum seeker from El Salvador.
Pro bono teams from JPMorgan Chase and Jenner & Block LLP are representing two asylum seekers.
Pro bono teams from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Venezuela.
Pro bono teams from King & Spalding LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Honduras.
Pro bono teams from Latham & Watkins LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Ghana.
Pro bono teams from Littler Mendelson P.C. are representing an asylum seeking family from Honduras.
Pro bono teams from Mayer Brown are representing an asylum seeker from Kenya.
Pro bono attorney James Naughton is representing an asylum seeker from Zambia.
Pro bono teams from Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Nigeria.
Pro bono teams from Reed Smith LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Honduras.
Pro bono teams from Seyfarth Shaw LLP are representing an asylum seeking family from Congo.
Pro bono teams from Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Ghana.
Pro bono teams from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP are representing an asylum seeker from Colombia.
Pro bono teams from Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP are representing two asylum seekers from Nicaragua.
Pro bono teams from Vedder Price P.C. are representing an asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
Pro bono teams from Winston & Strawn LLP are representing seven asylum seekers from the Russian Federation, Congo, Nicaragua, Benin, and Turkmenistan.
Pro bono teams from Zurich and DLA Piper are representing an asylum seeker from Venezuela.
Pro bono teams from Zurich and Mayer Brown are representing two asylum seekers.