An exciting limited series podcast showcasing the hard work and heartening stories of the pro bono and public interest community.
Episodes
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
What happens when a BigLaw firm brings its resources to bear on a wrongful conviction case? In Part 2 of this dramatic story, hear from a Milbank LLP partner and counsel about their successful pro bono advocacy for a wrongfully imprisoned client who was denied release even after his murder conviction was overturned.
Related Links:
National Registry of Exonerations profile of Mark Purnell
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6318
Press Release: Milbank Wins Dismissal of Murder Conviction, Freeing Innocent Man After Nearly 16 Years in Prison
Delaware Supreme Court: Purnell v. Delaware, 254 A.3d 1053 (Del. 2021)
https://law.justia.com/cases/delaware/supreme-court/2021/113-2020.html
Delaware Innocence Project
National Innocence Project
https://innocenceproject.org/about/
PLI is proud to offer programs, Pro Bono Memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
As a teenager, Mark Purnell was convicted of a murder he didn’t commit. After years of self-advocacy, his case caught the attention of pro bono counsel. Hear about their dramatic fight for his exoneration.
Related Links:
National Registry of Exonerations profile of Mark Purnell
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6318
Press Release: Milbank Wins Dismissal of Murder Conviction, Freeing Innocent Man After Nearly 16 Years in Prison
Delaware Supreme Court: Purnell v. Delaware, 254 A.3d 1053 (Del. 2021)
https://law.justia.com/cases/delaware/supreme-court/2021/113-2020.html
Delaware Innocence Project
National Innocence Project
https://innocenceproject.org/about/
PLI is proud to offer programs, Pro Bono Memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
New associates have a lot of questions about pro bono. Sometimes, they might not even know what questions they should have. In this special episode, three attorneys offer a “top 10” list of advice and insights for those who are getting started — or looking to jump-start their pro bono practice.
PLI is proud to offer programs, Pro Bono Memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
What if your pro bono work could fundamentally restructure the delivery of justice for your whole community? In this episode, two attorneys with deep experience in advocating for the Right to Counsel — and tenants’ rights in New York City Housing Court, in particular — discuss how pro bono has made a real difference in access to justice, from Gideon to today.
Related Links:
National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
Gideon v. Wainwright. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved July 27, 2022, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/1962/155
Article: Sounding The Trumpet: The Gideon Case
Decision: Gideon vs. Wainwright
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Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Following Episode 21 on pro bono assistance to disasters, host Alicia Aiken revisits our inaugural episode, which tells the story of how a corporate attorney at Schulte Roth & Zabel stepped up to help Partners In Health get clearance to deliver aid after a devastating earthquake in Haiti. This encore episode features a previously unreleased conversation with PIH co-founder Ophelia Dahl.
PLI is proud to offer programs, pro bono memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
When hurricanes, floods, fires — and sometimes all of the above — strike, how can lawyers help individuals and communities respond and recover? In this episode, Alicia Aiken talks to seasoned disaster relief attorneys about how pro bono can make a difference in disasters, and how lawyers can prepare to pitch in.
Related CLE content: Connect with our on-demand pro bono disaster relief resources to help prepare you to assist disaster survivors in critical need.
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Please note: CLE is not offered for listening to this podcast, and the views and opinions expressed within represent those of the speakers and not necessarily those of PLI.
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
“This isn’t about surviving. This is about thriving.” – Bridgette Carr
What does it mean to design a fulfilling life in the law? And how does pro bono fit in? In this month’s episode of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, host Alicia Aiken talks to Michigan Law professors Bridgette Carr and Vivek Sankaran and Jessica Morton of Democracy Forward about taking stock and forging your own path — and how pro bono can help.
PLI is proud to offer programs, pro bono memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.
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Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Nonprofit board service is “a different way of bringing your legal talent to your volunteer work,” says Pursuing Justice podcast host Alicia Aiken. In this month’s episode, she interviews Judy Siegel of the Pro Bono Partnership, and Raphael Stern of Lawyers Alliance for New York, on what lawyers should know about the benefits of serving on a board.
This episode features the co-chairs of PLI’s program Serving on a Nonprofit Board 2022: Practical and Ethical Considerations for Attorneys. For more information about PLI’s programs on nonprofit organization law visit https://www.pli.edu/products/subjects/pro-bono/nonprofit-organizations
Link to episode page on PLI.edu
PLI is proud to offer programs, pro bono memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
The stakes are high for low-income tenants facing the threat of eviction. In this month’s episode of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, learn why pro bono representation is essential for renters facing outsized rent hikes, uninhabitable properties, and other challenges to their housing.
This program features Lorraine A. López, the chairperson of PLI's program "California Eviction Defense: Protecting Low-Income Tenants 2022"
Link to episode page on PLI.edu: https://www.pli.edu/probono/probonopodcast/episode-18
PLI is proud to offer programs, pro bono memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.
Related Links:
“The Limits of Unbundled Legal Assistance: A Randomized Study in a Massachusetts District Court and Prospects for the Future” - James Greiner, Cassandra Wolos Pattanayak, and Jonathan Hennessy, Harvard Law Review
“Key Studies and Data about How Legal Aid Improves Housing Outcomes” - The Justice In Government Project
“Domestic Violence Survivors Battle to Keep Legally Protected Housing Subsidies” - Yilun Cheng, Chicago Reader, January 11, 2021
“New Study Exposes Racial and Economic Inequities in D.C. Evictions" - Making Justice Real, the official blog of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, October 9, 2020
“Eviction in Washington, DC: Racial and Geographic Disparities in Housing Instability” - Brian J. McCabe and Eva Rosen, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, Fall 2020
“Opinion: Low-income Tenants in D.C. May Soon Get Legal Help” - Charles Allen, Kenyan R. McDuffie, and Mary M. Cheh, Washington Post, May 18, 2017
“Amid a Housing Crisis, Renters Challenge Firms They Say Are Being Exploitative” - Marisa Penaloza, npr.org, February 10, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Unaccompanied immigrant children, often fleeing dangerous situations in their countries of origin, need legal representation when they appear in immigration court. Want to get involved and make a profound difference in the life of a child? This month “Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files” talks with three lawyers about the critical role of volunteer lawyers in these kinds of cases, and the training that is available to get you started.
This program features speakers from PLI's program "Representing Unaccompanied Children in California: Legal Updates and Strategies for Pursuing Relief 2021”.
Link to episode page on PLI.edu: https://www.pli.edu/probono/probonopodcast/episode-17
PLI is proud to offer programs, pro bono memberships, and scholarships to support the essential public service work of the legal profession.