Responsible Business

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Pro bono secondments
Deepening client relationships and boosting associates' skills 
office highlights
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Office highlights
Pro bono matters from each of our offices
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Achievements
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White & Case teams up with AbbVie on Second Look Project pro bono case
Navigating the difference between ESG and pro bono
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Navigating the difference between ESG and pro bono
A conversation with Jacquelyn MacLennan, EU competition and trade law partner, Global Pro Bono Practice Leader (2015 – 2022) and Business & Human Rights Interest Group member
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Safe passage
Helping refugees fleeing from Afghanistan
Australia floods
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In the wake of the storm
Rebuilding houses and lives following the Australia floods
Ukraine response
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Call to action
Responding to those affected by the war in Ukraine
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White & Case Named 2022 “Pro Bono Firm of the Year”
In the Media
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs
Pro Bono press release
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White & Case Secures $10.5 Million for Pro Bono Client Shawn Williams in Wrongful Conviction Case
Family portraits hung on a wall in a Jamaican home in London in pastel frames with distinctive flower designs like those profiled by photographer Jim Grover in his 2018 exhibit "Windrush: Portrait of a Generation."
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Immigration navigation
Pursuing justice for immigrants in the UK
Two walruses seen in profile sitting with their backs against each other on ice floating off the coast of Norway.
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The role of law in protecting the environment
Our research on 193 countries informs the UNEP 2022 Environmental Rule of Law Report
View from the base of the forest floor of foliage, large intertwining tree trunks and a glimpse of sky in the Amazon forest in the Madidi National Park, Bolivia.
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Carbon credits at scale
Structuring sustainable forestry projects to reduce emissions and drive investment
A close-up of hands holding a mobile phone with the screen displaying the image of a fingerprint as the person uploads their biometric data in the form of their fingerprint.
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Balancing security and human rights
Informing a response to the EU by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism 
Afghan refugee children attend a class at a makeshift school set up in a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan
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The rights of children
Boosting the foundations of children’s rights
Close-up of the hands and arms of two young elementary school students who are lying together on the floor and reading a book that is on the floor in front of them.
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Funding matters
A landmark US$4.2 billion settlement on education funding in New York State
The white, arched paneled ceiling of the Hall of Heroes at the headquarters of the Organization of American States lined with the flags of the Member States.
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A 15-year journey for justice
Victory at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for victims’ families and detained children
Voting rights activists during a rally at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC hold up large individual orange letters emblazoned with light bulbs that spell out the words Freedom to Vote.
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Voting rights vs. realities
Breaking down barriers for American voters
A journalist holding a TV camera on his right shoulder faces a police officer seen from behind while a protest is going on in the back. The journalist is reminding the officer that the press are considered "essential workers" in regard to curfews related to protests.
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Protected protest
Legal analysis to protect the rights of media, protesters and law enforcement in the US, Africa and Latin America
Colorfully striped hot-air balloons float over snow-covered rock formations called fairy chimneys in the Cappadocia region of Turkey.
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Office highlights
Pro bono matters from each of our offices 
Graphic design for the 2021 Jessup Competition
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Creating competition
Bringing the Jessup alive online in 2021
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White & Case Named “Pro Bono Firm of the Year” for Pro Bono Commitment in 2021
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Jessup Returns to Qualifying Format with a Number of Record-Breaking National Rounds
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White & Case Lauded for Mexico Disputes Leadership
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The University of Sydney Wins Jessup World Championship
White & Case Establishes a Distinguished Jessup Alumni Award
Bhutan Law School
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Collaborating on Intellectual Property Training in Bhutan
We organized an intellectual property workshop with fintech leader Square, as part of our ongoing legal capacity building efforts in Bhutan
Central African Red Cross Society volunteers construct an isolation unit for people who have suspected cases of COVID--19.
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Emergency exemptions
We analyze emergency decrees to help the IFRC boost pandemic response
A photo of a Red Cross volunteer resting on a bottom bunk in a dormitory during Easter Sunday at the organization's headquarters in Turin, Italy.
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A duty to care
Helping the IFRC care for volunteers stricken by COVID-19
Dominic Jermey
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Dominic Jermey, CVO, OBE
Director General of ZSL (Zoological Society of London) on why a holistic approach to the environment, animal health and human health is critical 
Nakiya Wakes and her son Jaylon.
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Nakiya Wakes
Nakiya Wakes of Flint, Michigan shares her fight to overcome the effects of lead poisoning for her son and the community
A photo of the US-Mexico border fencing at Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, running down a hill to the Pacific Ocean. The fence is made of rusted, patchy metal and covered with graffiti.
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Rules of entry
Minimizing intersecting crises for immigrants
A photo of a professor of voice at a Paris music conservatory teaching an online class in front of a keyboard and laptop.
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Action Against Corona
Social investment for COVID-19 solutions 
Siberian student scales birch tree for internet access as classes move online
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Remote learning
Our legal education and pipeline programs continued in virtual settings around the world
Protesters light up their cell phones on September 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri, at a demonstration after a grand jury's decision related to charges in the death of Breonna Taylor.
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Justice under strain
Five partners discuss what global law firms can do to address the racial injustice crisis
A photo of a door engraved with the words of the French Republican motto: Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite.
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Breaking free
Our Paris office helps fight child prostitution
A photograph of the reflection of a female mannequin in a shop window wearing a pink dress and a white face mask as people walk past on the sidewalk in Barcelona, Spain, March 2020.
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Q&A with members of our Responsible Business Working Group
A photo of Ella Havelka dancing on a dramatically lit stage in an orange and white spotted flowing gown in the Frances Rings-choreographed work 'Terrain'.
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From good intentions to positive action
We commit to our first Australian Reconciliation Action Plan
A photo of the pattern of a heart created by lights on the side of a tall hotel at night in San Diego, California in 2020 to show support for healthcare workers.
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Good offices
Pro bono matters from each of our offices
A photo of two people exercising with weights behind clear plastic sheets in individual workout pods to observe social distancing in Redondo Beach, California in June 2020.
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2020 Pro Bono awards
Our work was recognized for impact and innovation