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  • Mayer Brown was named the “Best Firm for Pro Bono Work” at the 2012 Asia Women in Business Law Awards organized by International Financial Law Review. In addition, Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency senior associate Justine Lau (Hong Kong) was named a “Rising Star.” The awards recognized the firm’s commitment to advocacy for women in pro bono activities.
  • Mayer Brown was honored in 2011 by the Thomson Reuters Foundation for its work with Transparency International on the United Nations Convention Against Corruption Global Review Project.
  • Mayer Brown was the recipient of The Legal Aid Society of New York’s 2010 and 2011 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding service to the Legal Aid Society and its clients.
  • Mayer Brown received the 2011 LatinoJustice PRLDEF Cesar A. Perales Award for our work on the annual “How to Succeed in Law School” program.
  • Mayer Brown was the recipient of 2011 Pro Bono Initiative Award from the Public Interest Law Initiative.
  • Mayer Brown was named to the Public Interest Law Initiative’s inaugural Pro Bono Recognition Roster in honor of our noteworthy pro bono contributions in 2010 and 2011.
  • The Financial Times recognized three Mayer Brown pro bono projects as among the most innovative in the United States. These projects were for the Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic, leading global microfinance lender BRAC, and the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
  • The Washington Post recognized Mayer Brown as one of its 2010 Businesses that Give Back for the firm’s extensive work on a project with Appleseed and Appleseed México on the screening, protection, and repatriation of the more than 15,000 unaccompanied Mexican minors who cross the border and end up in federal custody each year.
  • Mayer Brown’s London office won the 2010 LawWorks Award for Best Contribution by a Law Firm.
  • Mayer Brown was the recipient of the 2010 Justice John Paul Stevens Law Firm Pro Bono Award from the Seventh Circuit Bar Association’s Pro Bono and Public Bar Service Awards Committee.
  • Mayer Brown was a recipient of Equip for Equality’s 2009 Pro Bono Leaders Award.
  • Mayer Brown received the 2008 Distinguished Service Award from the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation.
  • Mayer Brown was a recipient of the 2008 National Law Journal Pro Bono Award for our work with The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, an organization that helps to resettle those Iraqis who have been targeted by insurgents because of their work for the U.S. Government.
  • Mayer Brown was honored at the Innocence Project's 2008 Celebration of Freedom & Justice Benefit in recognition of our extensive partnership with organization.
  • Mayer Brown was a recipient of the Southern Center for Human Rights' 2007 Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association's 2007 Beacon of Justice Award, for our work on the Guantanamo detainee litigation.
  • Mayer Brown was a recipient of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project's 2007 Law Firm of the Year Award for our work on behalf of death row inmates.
  • Mayer Brown was a recipient of the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s 2007 Pro Bono Award for establishing the federal court limited appointment settlement project.
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