Practices

Pro Bono

Why Cooley

Pro Bono

Cooley lawyers handle a wide variety of pro bono matters, including:

  • Asylum 
  • Civil Rights
  • Nonprofit Advising
  • Micro-Enterprise Advising 
  • Advocacy for Children & Youth

Pro Bono Practice Areas

Our extensive pro bono expertise enables us to handle a wide variety of pro bono matters including – but not limited to – the following substantive areas:

  • Appeals
  • Asylum
  • Bankruptcy
  • Capital punishment
  • Children's rights
  • Civil rights
  • Constitutional law
  • Contract law
  • Corporate governance
  • Criminal law
  • Disability rights
  • Domestic violence
  • Education
  • Elder abuse
  • Employment law
  • Entity formation
  • Environmental law
  • First Amendment
  • Guardianship
  • Housing
  • Homeless advocacy
  • Human rights
  • Immigrants' rights
  • Intellectual property
  • LGBT rights
  • Mental health advocacy
  • Micro-enterprise advising
  • Micro-finance
  • Nonprofit advising
  • Prisoners' rights
  • Public benefits
  • Real estate
  • Veterans' advocacy
  • Women's rights