On January 13, 2025, Davis Polk counsel and head of Racial Justice Pro Bono Diane Lucas will be among the speakers at Volunteer of Legal Service’s Pro Bono Partners Convening: Meeting NYC’s…
On December 23, 2024, President Biden announced that he was commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row and reclassifying their sentences to life without possibility of…
On September 24, 2024, Davis Polk was honored at New York County Defender Services’ 25th anniversary gala with the Pro Bono Partner Award in recognition of the firm’s role in…
For decades, excessively long mandatory sentences and the practice of “sentence stacking” (also known as “18 USC § 924(c) stacking”) disproportionately impacted people of color sentenced in…
On March 19, 2024, Davis Polk pro bono client Edgardo Quirós-Morales was released from prison into the care of his wife and family after the Federal District Court in Puerto Rico granted…
In an American Lawyer article highlighting law firms that have hired dedicated pro bono lawyers, Davis Polk Chief Pro Bono Counsel Amelia Starr and Pro Bono Counsel for Racial Justice…
On March 23, 2023, in collaboration with the Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI), Davis Polk secured the immediate release of our pro bono client who was incarcerated in Louisiana for more…
Davis Polk’s Pro Bono Counsel for Racial Justice Initiatives Diane Lucas was recently featured in The Clinical and Pro Bono Programs of Harvard Law School’s “Keeping Tabs” series. The…
Davis Polk is delighted to announce the 2021 winners of the firm’s annual Pro Bono Awards.In a particularly trying year when the COVID-19 pandemic created additional hardships for our pro…
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