NYSBA Pro Bono News Highlights LSNYC Programs

The Winter 2011 issue of the New York State Bar Association’s Pro Bono News features no fewer than five stories about Legal Services NYC, including pieces on the Broadway Triangle work being done at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, the Brooklyn A/Morrison Foerster Unemployment Insurance Advocacy Project, the new LSNYC/St. John’s School of Law Bankruptcy Advocacy Clinic, and the LSNYC Pro Bono Awards breakfast, as well as reflections on a year of service by a 2009-2010 LSNYC Deferred Associate.

The full newsletter can be viewed by clicking here.

Individual articles may be accessed below (PDFs):

Page 19: Without an Attorney the Scales of Justice are Weighted Against the Poor: Reflections by Weil, Gotshal & Manges Deferred Associate Shekar Krishnan on his year of service at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A.

Page 20: Addressing the Economic Crisis: Morrison & Foerster LLP Uses Pro Bono to Help People Denied Economic Benefits, Bringing Badly Needed Monies—and Hope—to Low-Income Communities.

Page 21: Deferred Associate Focus —A Perfect Marriage: Shekar Krishnan and the Broadway Triangle Litigation.

Page 22: 4th Annual Legal Services NYC Pro Bono Awards Breakfast Recognizes Attorney Volunteers, Law Firm Externships, Deferred Associates, and Projects Addressing the Needs of Low-Income People in the Economic Crisis.

Page 23: New Resource for Low-Income People in Debt: St. John’s School of Law Partners with Legal Services NYC to Create a Bankruptcy Clinic, Providing Legal Help to Eligible Low-Income New Yorkers.