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. 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.
Legal Food Hub
Legal Food Hub, a project of the Conservation Law Foundation, connects eligible farmers, food entrepreneurs, and food-related organizations to volunteer attorneys. Pierce Atwood has taken on numerous projects across our jurisdictions, including many clients representing the next generation of New England farming.
Learn more about Legal Food Hub.
Legal Services for Maine Elders
Legal Services for Maine Elders (formerly Legal Services for the Elderly) protects the rights of older Mainers when their basic human needs are at stake. Pierce Atwood attorneys volunteer on a variety of matters identified and referred by Legal Services for Maine Elders.
Learn more about Legal Services for Maine Elders.
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.
Pine Tree Legal Assistance
Pine Tree Legal Assistance (PTLA) provides legal advocacy to Mainers with low incomes who need help resolving serious civil legal issues. Pierce Atwood is a longstanding legal service partner of PTLA. A team of Pierce Atwood attorneys represents clients referred through PTLA’s Eviction Defense Project. Members of Pierce Atwood’s Maine Eviction Defense Team have achieved important successes for pro bono clients facing dire housing circumstances. Providing legal support in an eviction matter can result in better, less chaotic outcomes for both tenants and landlords, and, crucially, can buy a tenant time to locate new housing rather than landing in an emergency shelter or on the street.
Learn more about Pine Tree Legal Assistance.
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 DCPS students on reading programs, spelling bees, and the U.S. geography game GeoPlunge; supported coat drives; and provided healthy take-home food bags to help sustain students who otherwise might not have enough to eat over the weekend.