Biglaw's Cowards Play Dumb About Pro Bono Payola - See Also - Above the Law

Biglaw's Cowards Play Dumb About Pro Bono Payola - See Also - Above the Law

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Biglaw Firms Now Backpedaling on Controversial Pro Bono Deals With Trump Administration

Biglaw firms that pledged $125 million in pro bono work to the Trump administration now deny the deals amid backlash from clients, law students, and Congress. Introduction In a stunning reversal, several of the nation’s largest law firms—once eager to strike pro bono agreements with the Trump administration—are now scrambling to downplay or deny the very deals they brokered. What began as a strategy to avoid politically motivated executive order…