Pierce Atwood is proud to represent numerous individuals and organizations on a pro bono basis, and has formed a particularly close relationship with the organizations listed below.
603 Legal Aid
603 Legal Aid provides legal advice and referrals for low income and vulnerable New Hampshire residents who need, but cannot access legal advice for civil matters such as domestic abuse, access to health care and education, and preserving safe housing for their families.
Learn more about 603 Legal Aid.
CASA
Pierce Atwood first partnered with the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program in the late 1980's. Through our partnership with CASA, Pierce Atwood lawyers represent guardians in contested court proceedings and difficult negotiations.
Learn more about the Maine CASA program.
GLAD
Pierce Atwood attorneys from offices firmwide have worked in partnership with GLAD to help establish equal justice under law for the LGBTQ community. Whether providing oral arguments on behalf of a divorce case for a same-sex couple, challenging a denial of widow’s benefits in a same-sex marriage, or successfully arguing that “a parent is a parent, regardless, of gender,” we are proud to provide ongoing support to GLAD attorneys.
Mary Bonauto of GLAD said, “Pierce Atwood has long partnered with GLAD on a pro-bono basis to establish equal justice under law for the LGBT communities. We wouldn’t have been able to make the strides that we’ve made thus far if it wasn’t for the attorneys who have given their time and expertise to advancing a whole range of LGBTQ issues. There is much more to do, but it’s great to have Pierce Atwood in our corner.”
ILAP
Our attorneys and staff provide pro bono legal assistance in immigration and asylum cases referred by the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Under our partnership with ILAP, Pierce Atwood has represented clients from Somalia, Rwanda, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Haiti, and other countries where war, political instability, and violence have created extraordinary hardship for people.
Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project
Our lawyers represent clients in cases referred by the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) and through VLP initiatives like its Courthouse Assistance Project for family law litigants.
PAIR
Our lawyers in Boston have partnered with the Political Asylum and Immigration Representation Project (PAIR). Through PAIR, we take on clients from all over the world who are seeking political asylum in the United States because of persecution or fear of persecution in their home countries based on their political or religious beliefs or membership in an ethnic group or social group.
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
The Washington Lawyers Committee specializes in civil rights cases, in employment, housing, public accommodations, and other aspects of urban life. It represents people with claims of discrimination based on race, gender, national origin, disability, age, religion, and sexual orientation. It also assists immigrants seeking asylum and other help, and has a prisoners' rights project. The Committee also works for education reform in the DC Public Schools. Through the Committee's DC Public School Partnership Program, our DC office attorneys and staff have worked with students from Anne Beers Elementary School and Patterson Elementary School on reading programs and helped coach GeoPlunge, a U.S. geography game with a DC schools competition.