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Human Services
Human Services Best of Bloomberg Legal Pro Bono
2,400
hours of free legal services
400
hours helping veterans claim disability benefits
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hours helping transgender individuals with legal name change petitions
The BOB Legal Pro Bono volunteer program provides legal expertise to support underserved communities. Now in its second year, more than 100 employees from our legal department dedicated more than 2,400 hours of free legal services in 2017 through a number of projects, including the City Bar Justice Center‘s Veterans Assistance and Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Projects, the Transgender Legal Defense Fund’s Name Change Project, and CUNY Citizenship Now! among others. This year, our Pro Bono volunteers received two awards for their commitment to providing free legal services for low-income New Yorkers. Bloomberg and Proskauer Rose LLP were jointly honored at the City Bar Association’s 12th Annual Gala in April with the City Bar Justice Award in recognition of their work with the Veterans Assistance Project. This innovative partnership consists of 60 volunteers from both Bloomberg and Proskauer who work together to represent low-income veterans with disability claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs. In June, the Bloomberg legal team was also awarded the CUNY Citizenship NOW Service to Immigrants Award for its efforts in providing free legal assistance to New Yorkers on their path to U.S. citizenship. The team volunteered 1,100 hours assisting more than 500 immigrants with applications for U.S. citizenship and DACA renewals this year.
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