Many Trump Deal Firms Could Fulfill Pro Bono Pledges In Less Than A Year. But Will They?

Many Trump Deal Firms Could Fulfill Pro Bono Pledges In Less Than A Year. But Will They?

By Sam Michael Elite law firms entangled in President Trump’s aggressive push against Big Law are staring down a surprising reality: their massive pro bono commitments could wrap up in months, not years. Yet with internal pushback mounting and vague terms clouding the path, the question lingers—will they actually deliver on these $940 million pledges ... Read more The post Many Trump Deal Firms Could Fulfill Pro Bono Pledges in Less Than a Year.…

What if the big law firms hadn’t caved to Trump?

It’s not inconceivable that, had the firms resisted the President’s executive orders, his momentum for lawlessness might have been curbed By Fabio Bertoni, General Counsel, The New Yorker *Originally published on 26 October 2025 on newyorker.com Toward the end of the 1954 film “On the Waterfront,” Marlon Brando’s character, Terry, makes one of the most famous speeches in the history of movies. The most often quoted line is “I could have been a c…