Our latest Pro Bono Newsletter reflects on Black History Month, Gibson Dunn’s longstanding commitment to addressing racial justice and equity issues, and the many racial equity-focused matters to which our lawyers dedicate tens of thousands of pro bono hours each year.
March 1, 2024
A team of Gibson Dunn lawyers, working with The Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI) in New Orleans, has secured the release of pro bono client B.T., who in 1983 was convicted by an unconstitutional, non-unanimous jury in Louisiana.
February 9, 2024
Gibson Dunn’s Pro Bono Committee is thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Frank Wheat Memorial Awards. As in past years, this year’s winners (and nominees) all exemplify excellence and serve as an inspiration to us all.
December 20, 2023
Gibson Dunn has received the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) 2023 Advancement Animal Law Pro Bono Achievement Award, which “honors dedicated legal professionals and law firms who help the Animal Legal Defense Fund achieve its mission to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.”
November 9, 2023
Gibson Dunn and the nine other law firms that form the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance (DARA) have received the PILnet Local Impact Award for the best, innovative pro bono legal project with an impact felt at the local or national level.
October 24, 2023
As Hispanic Heritage Month draws to a close, we wanted to highlight some of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s recent pro bono work on behalf of members of the Latinx community.
October 13, 2023
The Los Angeles Superior Court has granted a two-year domestic violence restraining order in favor of Gibson Dunn’s pro bono client, a low-income mother of a developmentally delayed child, who suffered years of physical, psychological and financial abuse from her husband.
September 8, 2023
Following seven years of proceedings, Gibson Dunn has secured a grant of asylum for a pro bono client who fled to the U.S. from El Salvador to escape targeted gang violence.
September 7, 2023
Gibson Dunn has secured a six-figure settlement awarding attorneys’ fees for its representation of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA-NJ) against the federal Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) in the District of New Jersey.
August 29, 2023
Gibson Dunn lawyers recent won an important decision in the Fourth Circuit in a case of critical importance to asylum seekers.
August 21, 2023
Gibson Dunn has secured a six-figure settlement on behalf of Jose Ramirez, a wheelchair-bound former prison inmate who was beaten by prison guards and systematically denied access to accommodations for his physical disabilities.
August 16, 2023
As Gibson Dunn closes out Pride Month 2023, we take a moment to reflect and celebrate the work that we have done for the LGBTQ+ community over the last few years.
June 29, 2023
Gibson Dunn lawyers provide an update on the firm's efforts on behalf of victims of anti-AAPI hate.
May 8, 2023
Gibson Dunn's Pro Bono Committee is thrilled to recognize the winners of the 2022 Frank Wheat Memorial Awards.
February 17, 2023
This newsletter highlights the work of the firm's Afghanistan Task Force in its mission to help individuals and families trying to escape Afghanistan and find safety in the United States or elsewhere.
September 19, 2022
In this webcast, a panel of Gibson Dunn lawyers cover the latest updates on the legal landscape for Afghan refugees, the various mechanisms for providing immigration relief to Afghan refugees in the United States, and a look at how the legal profession has and can help close the justice gap for these deserving families.
January 14, 2022
Gibson Dunn's Pro Bono team provides an update on the firm's broad efforts to help Afghans at heightened risk of Taliban reprisals, after the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban's takeover of Kabul.
December 22, 2021
In honor of Pro Bono Month, celebrated in October each year, Gibson Dunn highlights some of the firm’s pro bono achievements from 2021,
October 21, 2021
Since the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans, along with U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents, have desperately tried to flee the country and the Taliban’s oppressive rule. Members of Gibson Dunn's Pro Bono team outline how the firm sprang into action to help individuals at heightened risk of Taliban reprisals evacuate to safety.
September 9, 2021
Gibson Dunn joins other law firms in publicly denouncing anti-Semitism and the demonization of Jews pervading the press, social media, and the streets of this country.
May 27, 2021