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To Become A Pro Bono Volunteer
in:
New York
contact
Heidi Altman altmanh@lchr.org
of the Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights
Washington DC
Contact Ann Jones jonesa@lchr.org
of the Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights
Minnesota
contact Michele Garnett
mgarnett@mnadvocates.org
of the Minnesota Advocates
San Fransisco
contact Yvonne Troya ytroya@lccr.com
of the Lawyers Committee
for Civil Rights
Boston
contact Political Asylum/Immigration
(PAIR) Project
mail@pairproject.org
Pro
Bono Success Stories
Refugees
Read about their stories
Special
Projects
Lawyers have written amicus briefs and handled special projects with LCHR.
Pro
Bono Attorneys
2002-2003
Probono.net
an online resource for probono lawyers representing
asylum seekers
Asylum International
Refugees
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Lawyers
Making a Difference
Pro Bono Representation of Refugees
Through the Lawyers Committee for Human Right's Asylum Program,
volunteer lawyers have the unique opportunity to change the
lives of refugees by helping them win asylum in the United States.
Our program's clients have fled from political, religious, ethnic,
and gender-based persecution in countries plagued by human rights
violations. They cannot afford counsel and desperately need
legal representation.
Volunteer lawyers learn about international human rights law
and have the chance to
represent individual clients at an asylum interview or a hearing
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"Working
with
our client, a West African human rights activist, offered me
a window into her culture and a respect for the passion that
drove her to risk her life for her people."
Pro bono lawyer Juliet Stumpf, Morrison
& Foerster (Washington, D.C.)
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judge. Become a pro bono lawyer in our Asylum
Program and help persecuted refugees from around the world
seek a safe haven
in the U.S.
"We
have an obligation to ensure these people are given safe haven
so that they can enjoy these freedoms, share their stories,
and continue their struggles. And as a country we should be
grateful to have them; they make a unique contribution to
our national dialogue and enrich our community."
Pro bono lawyer Mark Beckett, formerly
at Latham & Watkins (New York)
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Pro
Bono Success Stories
Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Attorneys at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP win asylum
for an Afghan doctor who fled torture at the hand of the Taliban
after helping a woman deliver her baby.
McCarter &
English, LLP
Attorney at McCarter & English, LLP wins asylum for client after
3 ½ years in detention.
Davis Polk &
Wardwell
Attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell win asylum and release from
detention for Congolese torture survivor.
LeBoeuf, Lamb,
Greene & MacRae L.L.P.
Attorneys at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P. win asylum
for gay couple who in Colombia were targeted for their sexual orientation.
Lowenstein
Sandler PC
Attorney at Lowenstein Sandler PC wins asylum for law student pro-democracy
activist and torture survivor from Sudan.
Schulte Roth
& Zabel LLP
Attorneys at Shulte Roth & Zabel LLP win asylum for Congolese
minister’s family and reunite the family’s young children
with their parents.
Howrey Simon
Arnold & White, L.L.P.
Attorneys at Howrey Simon Arnold & White, L.L.P. win asylum
for a southern Sudanese student activist.
Gibson, Dunn
& Crutcher L.L.P.
Attorneys at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P. continue to fight
for asylum for their formerly detained client, a pro-democracy activist
and torture survivor from Cameroon, who applied for asylum six years
ago.
Latham
& Watkins
Attorneys at Latham & Watkins win asylum for a Chechen doctor
whose life was threatened by both Russian soldiers and Chechen rebels.
Hunton
& Williams
Attorneys at Hunton & Williams win asylum for a former monk
and torture survivor form Tibet.
Stroock &
Stroock & Lavan LLP
Attorneys at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP win asylum for
a torture survivor and political activist from Iraq.
White &
Case
Attorneys at White & Case win asylum for Sierra Leonean woman
and her 3 children.
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