Paul, Weiss is committed to providing impactful pro bono legal assistance to individuals and organizations in need. Our program is all-encompassing, spanning the core issues facing our society.
Our Practice
Throughout our firm's history, we have maintained an unwavering commitment to providing pro bono legal assistance to the most vulnerable members of our society and in support of the public interest.
Our Team
Paul, Weiss lawyers participate in all levels of pro bono work, working directly with individual clients, nonprofits and small businesses in a wide range of substantive areas.
Pro Bono News
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Nonprofit News Organization The City Closes Financing with SeaChange
Paul, Weiss advised nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news platform City Report, Inc., (The City), in preparing and negotiating a demand promissory note for of up to $500,000, together with a related guaranty agreement, with SeaChange Capital Partners, Inc.
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Paul, Weiss Secures Dismissal of Murder Conviction
Paul, Weiss and The Legal Aid Society obtained an order dismissing and vacating a pro bono client’s 1997 conviction for murder in the second degree.
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Paul, Weiss Files Landmark Fourth Amendment Class Action Against New York City Over Unlawful Searches by Children’s Services Administration
Paul, Weiss and co-counsel filed a class action lawsuit against the City of New York for violating the Fourth Amendment during the tens of thousands of home searches the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) conducts every year.
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Victims of Charlottesville Rally Eligible for Higher Punitive Damages Against Leaders of “Unite the Right” Rally, Fourth Circuit Rules
As reported by the Washington Post, the AP, Bloomberg Law and Law360, Paul, Weiss and co-counsel won an important appeal in the long-running case on behalf of victims of the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, when the Fourth Circuit overturned a lower court decision capping punitive damages on the entire defendant group at $350,000.
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Paul, Weiss Wins Important Voting Rights Appeal Restoring New Congressional Maps in Louisiana
In a major voting rights victory reported by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other news outlets, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling that would have blocked Louisiana’s newly enacted congressional map, which includes a second majority-Black district for the 2024 congressional election.
VIDEOS
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Audra Soloway Interviews Steve Banks, a Pioneering Advocate For New York City’s Poor, on His Move to Paul, Weiss
Litigation partner Audra Soloway interviewed pro bono special counsel Steve Banks about his decision to join Paul, Weiss and his work at the NYC Department of Social Services and the Legal Aid Society.
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David Brown (July 8, 1975 – October 15, 2022) Discusses Pro Bono Work on Exoneration
A few months before his tragic passing, litigation partner Dave Brown discussed his pro bono advocacy on behalf of clients who have been convicted of crimes they did not commit.