{"id":894,"date":"2020-06-08T17:24:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T17:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fedbar.org\/younger-lawyers-division\/?page_id=894"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:32:34","slug":"stepup-pro-bono-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fedbar.org\/younger-lawyers-division\/yld\/stepup-pro-bono-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"StepUp Pro Bono Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Given the increased urgency to improve access to justice and to remove systemic racial and socio-economic disparities in our country, pro bono work is needed now more than ever. The Younger Lawyers Division is challenging its members as part of our StepUp Pro Bono Challenge to complete at least 50 hours of pro bono work (i.e., at no fee and without expectation of a fee) related to these issues for (1) nonprofit organizations or (2) low-income individuals.<\/p>\n

To take part in the challenge, the pro bono hours must be performed between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025. Once you have completed the challenge, please contact Daniel Hamilton<\/a>, Program Coordinator, and in 1 to 2 sentences, identify the amount of pro bono hours worked, the time period that the work was performed, and the type of services performed. The YLD will give special recognition on our web page to members who complete the challenge.<\/p>\n

For a list of resources and pro bono opportunities, please see below. Of course, pro bono work should not begin and end with this challenge. It is our expectation that the pro bono work will be ongoing, as that is what is expected of us, and it is simply the right thing to do.<\/p>\n

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Thank You for Participating!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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We\u2019d like to thank those who participated in the StepUp Pro Bono Challenge between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The following participants completed a total of 1,217 <\/strong>Hours of Pro Bono Service!<\/p>\n

Megan Carrasco<\/strong>
\nBart Jordan<\/strong>
\nMelanie Kalmanson<\/strong>
\nJae Jin Lee<\/strong>
\nStuart Leijon<\/strong>
\nRyan Newell<\/strong>
\nIan Swan<\/strong>
\nDon Zhe Nan Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Past Participation<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angela Emerick<\/strong>
\nFarah Famouri<\/strong>
\nMaya Hairston<\/strong>
\nLaura Higbee<\/strong>
\nMelanie Kalmanson<\/strong>
\nShadi Karimi<\/strong>
\nJessica Kramer<\/strong>
\nRichard Lumley<\/strong>
\nSheila Niaz<\/strong>
\nJamal Perry<\/strong>
\nArash Pia<\/strong>
\nJames Raleigh<\/strong>
\nBenjamin Syroka<\/strong>
\nChristopher Wolcott<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alex Becker<\/strong>
\nGrace Chanin<\/strong>
\nChristopher Johnson<\/strong>
\nShadi Karimi<\/strong>
\nMichael Kaufmann<\/strong>
\nJessica Kramer<\/strong>
\nMarissa Lee<\/strong>
\nLinchi Liang<\/strong>
\nMeghan Lombardo<\/strong>
\nAimee Majoue<\/strong>
\nAdine Momoh<\/strong>
\nSheila Niaz<\/strong>
\nIzak Rosenfeld<\/strong>
\nHenna Shah<\/strong>
\nBenjamin Syroka<\/strong>
\nChristopher Wolcott<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Horn<\/strong>
\nMike Kaufmann<\/strong>
\nLisa Kpor<\/strong>
\nErin McAdams Franzblau<\/strong>
\nAdine Momoh<\/strong>
\nNico Ratkowski<\/strong>
\nIzak C. Rosenfeld<\/strong>
\nRachel Ellen Simon<\/strong>
\nMicah Zeno<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cindy Dinh<\/strong>
\nLeah Farmer<\/strong>
\nKyle R. Kroll<\/strong>
\nAdine Momoh<\/strong>
\nMicah Zeno<\/strong>
\nJeffrey R. Zohn<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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