Legal Services Organizations
The success of Akin’s market-leading pro bono practice relies on close relationships with legal services organizations, which screen cases, refer them to our firm and help train and mentor our lawyers.
We work with a wide range of legal services organizations worldwide in various areas of public interest law.
Listed below are organizations with which we work around the world.
- ABA South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (org)
- Access Justice Brooklyn (accessjusticebrooklyn.org)
- Advocates for Community Transformation (actforjustice.org)
- Alliance for Children’s Rights (allianceforchildrensrights.org)
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (aaldef.org)
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice (https://www.advancingjustice-la.org)
- Asylum Aid / Helen Bamber Foundation (org.uk)
- Bet Tzedek (bettzedek.org)
- Bronx Defenders (BxD) (bronxdefenders.org)
- Buried Alive Project (buriedaliveproject.org)
- Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (cfsy.org)
- Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (caircoalition.org)
- CASA (wearecasa.org)
- Catholic Charities (catholiccharitiesusa.org)
- Children’s Law Center (childrenslawcenter.org)
- Convergence (convergencepolicy.org)
- Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (http://dallasvolunteerattorneyprogram.org)
- DC Bar Pro Bono Program (dcbar.org/for_lawyers/pro_bono)
- Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support (genesisshelter.org/)
- Hackney Community Law Centre (https://hclc.org.uk/)
- Harvard International Human Rights Clinic (harvard.edu/clinics/in-house-clinics/international-human-rights-clinic/)
- Her Justice (herjustice.com)
- Homeless Advocacy Project (homelessadvocacyproject.org)
- Horizon Legal Advice Clinic (https://horizon-lac.co.uk/)
- Houston Volunteer Lawyers Project (hvlp.org)
- Human Rights First (humanrightsfirst.org)
- Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (hrionline.org)
- Immigration Equality (immigrationequality.org)
- Immigration Justice Campaign (https://immigrationjustice.us)
- Inner City Law Center (innercitylaw.org)
- International Lawyers Project (https://www.internationallawyersproject.org)
- International Senior Lawyers Project (islp.org)
- Islington Law Centre (islingtonlaw.org.uk)
- Justice Without Borders (https://forjusticewithoutborders.org/)
- Kids in Need of Defense UK (KIND-UK) (kidsinneedofdefense.org.uk/)
- LatinoJustice PRLDEF (www.latinojustice.org)
- Lawyers Alliance for New York (lawyersalliance.org)
- Lawyers Without Borders (lawyerswithoutborders.org)
- Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (https://internet.lanwt.org/en-us)
- Legal Aid Society of DC (legalaiddc.org)
- Legal Aid Society of NY (legalaidnyc.org)
- Legal Counsel for the Elderly (aarp.org/legal-counsel-for-elderly/)
- Legal Services NYC (legalservicesnyc.org)
- Liberty (https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/)
- Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (laclj.org)
- Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (lakidsrights.org)
- MacArthur Justice Center (macarthurjustice.org)
- Mississippi Center for Justice (mscenterforjustice.org)
- National Veterans Legal Services Program (nvlsp.org)
- Neighborhood Legal Services (www.nlsp.org)
- Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles (nlsla.org)
- Network for Victim Recovery of DC (nvrdc.org)
- New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (nylpi.org)
- Not Beyond Redemption (https://www.notbeyondredemption.co.uk/)
- Penal Reform (penalreform.org)
- PILnet (pilnet.org)
- Praxis for Migrants & Refugees (praxis.org.uk)
- Pro Bono Partnership (www.probonopartner.org)
- Promise of Justice Initiative (promiseofjustice.org)
- Public Counsel (publiccounsel.org)
- RAICES (raicestexas.org)
- Reprieve (reprieve.org.uk)
- Safe Passage Project (safepassageproject.org)
- Sanctuary for Families (sanctuaryforfamilies.org)
- Scholar Rescue Fund (www.scholarrescuefund.org)
- Support Center for Child Advocates (advokid.org)
- Tahirih Justice Center (tahirih.org)
- Texas Community Building with Attorney Resources (texascbar.org)
- Texas Fair Defense Project (fairdefense.org)
- The Advocates for Human Rights (https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org)
- The Door (door.org)
- The Human Trafficking Legal Center (htlegalcenter.org)
- The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (naacpldf.org)
- The Veterans Consortium (vetsprobono.org)
- UK Sierra Leone Pro Bono Network (no website)
- Veterans Legal Advocacy Group (vetlag.org)
- Volunteers of Legal Services (volsprobono.org)
- Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (washlaw.org)
- Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (legalclinic.org)
- Western Center on Law and Poverty (wclp.org)
- Whitman-Walker Health (http://www.whitman-walker.org/legal/legal-services/)
- Women of Impact (https://www.womenofimpact.live/)
Listed below are organizations with which we work around the world.
- ABA South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (org)
- Access Justice Brooklyn (accessjusticebrooklyn.org)
- Advocates for Community Transformation (actforjustice.org)
- Alliance for Children’s Rights (allianceforchildrensrights.org)
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (aaldef.org)
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice (https://www.advancingjustice-la.org)
- Asylum Aid / Helen Bamber Foundation (org.uk)
- Bet Tzedek (bettzedek.org)
- Bronx Defenders (BxD) (bronxdefenders.org)
- Buried Alive Project (buriedaliveproject.org)
- Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (cfsy.org)
- Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (caircoalition.org)
- CASA (wearecasa.org)
- Catholic Charities (catholiccharitiesusa.org)
- Children’s Law Center (childrenslawcenter.org)
- Convergence (convergencepolicy.org)
- Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (http://dallasvolunteerattorneyprogram.org)
- DC Bar Pro Bono Program (dcbar.org/for_lawyers/pro_bono)
- Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support (genesisshelter.org/)
- Hackney Community Law Centre (https://hclc.org.uk/)
- Harvard International Human Rights Clinic (harvard.edu/clinics/in-house-clinics/international-human-rights-clinic/)
- Her Justice (herjustice.com)
- Homeless Advocacy Project (homelessadvocacyproject.org)
- Horizon Legal Advice Clinic (https://horizon-lac.co.uk/)
- Houston Volunteer Lawyers Project (hvlp.org)
- Human Rights First (humanrightsfirst.org)
- Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (hrionline.org)
- Immigration Equality (immigrationequality.org)
- Immigration Justice Campaign (https://immigrationjustice.us)
- Inner City Law Center (innercitylaw.org)
- International Lawyers Project (https://www.internationallawyersproject.org)
- International Senior Lawyers Project (islp.org)
- Islington Law Centre (islingtonlaw.org.uk)
- Justice Without Borders (https://forjusticewithoutborders.org/)
- Kids in Need of Defense UK (KIND-UK) (kidsinneedofdefense.org.uk/)
- LatinoJustice PRLDEF (www.latinojustice.org)
- Lawyers Alliance for New York (lawyersalliance.org)
- Lawyers Without Borders (lawyerswithoutborders.org)
- Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (https://internet.lanwt.org/en-us)
- Legal Aid Society of DC (legalaiddc.org)
- Legal Aid Society of NY (legalaidnyc.org)
- Legal Counsel for the Elderly (aarp.org/legal-counsel-for-elderly/)
- Legal Services NYC (legalservicesnyc.org)
- Liberty (https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/)
- Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (laclj.org)
- Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (lakidsrights.org)
- MacArthur Justice Center (macarthurjustice.org)
- Mississippi Center for Justice (mscenterforjustice.org)
- National Veterans Legal Services Program (nvlsp.org)
- Neighborhood Legal Services (www.nlsp.org)
- Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles (nlsla.org)
- Network for Victim Recovery of DC (nvrdc.org)
- New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (nylpi.org)
- Not Beyond Redemption (https://www.notbeyondredemption.co.uk/)
- Penal Reform (penalreform.org)
- PILnet (pilnet.org)
- Praxis for Migrants & Refugees (praxis.org.uk)
- Pro Bono Partnership (www.probonopartner.org)
- Promise of Justice Initiative (promiseofjustice.org)
- Public Counsel (publiccounsel.org)
- RAICES (raicestexas.org)
- Reprieve (reprieve.org.uk)
- Safe Passage Project (safepassageproject.org)
- Sanctuary for Families (sanctuaryforfamilies.org)
- Scholar Rescue Fund (www.scholarrescuefund.org)
- Support Center for Child Advocates (advokid.org)
- Tahirih Justice Center (tahirih.org)
- Texas Community Building with Attorney Resources (texascbar.org)
- Texas Fair Defense Project (fairdefense.org)
- The Advocates for Human Rights (https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org)
- The Door (door.org)
- The Human Trafficking Legal Center (htlegalcenter.org)
- The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (naacpldf.org)
- The Veterans Consortium (vetsprobono.org)
- UK Sierra Leone Pro Bono Network (no website)
- Veterans Legal Advocacy Group (vetlag.org)
- Volunteers of Legal Services (volsprobono.org)
- Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (washlaw.org)
- Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (legalclinic.org)
- Western Center on Law and Poverty (wclp.org)
- Whitman-Walker Health (http://www.whitman-walker.org/legal/legal-services/)
- Women of Impact (https://www.womenofimpact.live/)
- Corporate Client Partnerships
- Equal Justice Works
- Pro Bono Scholars Program
- Corporate Client Partnerships
- Equal Justice Works
- Pro Bono Scholars Program
