Manatt is proud to celebrate National Pro Bono Week 2022 and continue its deep commitment to ensuring that everyone retains the liberties and protections to which they are legally entitled.

In just this past year, the entire Manatt community—including attorneys, consultants and business professionals—has committed itself to pro bono initiatives across the country that both support systemic change and help on the individual level. This work includes:

• Working with humanitarian immigration seekers in a wide variety of matters, including helping refugees apply for asylum; domestic violence survivors apply for U visas or Violence Against Women Act protections; and abused, abandoned or neglected children apply for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
• Assisting eligible small-business owners and entrepreneurs, particularly those from underrepresented communities, with contract, copyright, corporate governance-related and tax issues.
• Advocating for veterans and their families who were wrongly denied benefits owed to them.

 Additionally, since Manatt initiated its formal pro bono program in 2005, our professionals in Southern California have handled more than 500 adoption-related matters in the state, finalizing adoptions for over 1,000 children in foster care.

These efforts would not be possible without the guidance of Manatt’s various pro bono partners that are leading the way in helping communities navigate complex issues surrounding their identities, their families and their livelihoods. Some of the Firm’s long-standing pro bono partners include:

• Appleseed Network
• Bet Tzedek 
• Brady
• Center for Reproductive Rights
• Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
• HIAS
• Human Rights First
• Immigration Equality
• Inner City Law Center
• International Refugee Assistance Project
• Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 
• Legal Counsel for the Elderly
• Lawyers Alliance for New York
• Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
• National Immigrant Justice Center
• New York Legal Assistance Group
• Public Counsel Law Centerl
• Public Law Center
• Safe Passage Project
• Start Small Think Big
• Swords to Plowshares
• The Veterans Consortium
• Victims Rights Law Center

Learn more about Manatt’s Pro Bono practice here.