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MoFo Provides Legal Support To Ukrainian Refugees In The United States

MoFo is committed to supporting those in need through our pro bono efforts. On July 2, 2024, our Washington, D.C. office demonstrated this commitment by assisting 18 Ukrainian refugees in their quest to stay in the United...more

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Softbank Partnership Brings Rare Victory For Refugee In Japan

Morrison Foerster lawyers successfully helped a pro bono client secure refugee status in Japan. This outcome was the result of a partnership with SoftBank, which suggested in 2021 that the firm join its in-house lawyers in...more

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Empowering Voices: The Story Of The Afghanistan National Institute Of Music

On April 30, 2024, MoFo partner and global co-chair of the Investigations + White Collar Defense practice group Carrie H. Cohen and associate Sabreena Khalid in MoFo’s Finance Group spoke with Lesley Rosenthal, president of...more

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MoFo Wins Asylum For Widow And Young Child Who Fled Taliban-Seized Afghanistan

MoFo recently won asylum for an Afghan woman and her young son, after nearly a year of waiting for the Asylum Office to issue its decision following the asylum interview. The firm’s pro bono client is a widow from a religious...more

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2022 Pro Bono Report

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Throughout this report, you’ll see images from one of our nonprofit pro bono clients, Scrollathon. Brothers and artists Steven and William Ladd founded Scrollathon to engage communities in the creation of art through...more

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One year on: A&O’s global pro bono legal support for Ukrainian refugees

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A year ago on 23 February 2022, Russia and Ukraine stood on the brink of war. And then, just a few hours later on 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict which began in 2014....more

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Pro bono support for asylum seekers detained in the UK

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To mark UK National Pro Bono Week, A&O volunteers talk about their work to support asylum seekers at risk of removal from the UK to Rwanda....more

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Directing the pro bono response to a growing international refugee crisis

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The number of people forcibly displaced in the world has reached over 100 million for the first time, with sudden and large scale crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine intensifying an already growing problem. Around half of...more

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Pro Bono for Immigrant Families: Protecting Access to Counsel

Last week, Proskauer — along with co-counsel Democracy Forward, and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. — filed a complaint on behalf of seven asylum seekers, their minor children and the legal services organization...more

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Does the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention Apply to Separated & Detained Children in the USA?

If the parents have been deported and the 2,000 separated children are still in confinement in the United States, the crucial question is how to get them reunited with their parents very quickly. The 1980 Hague Abduction...more

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