Pro Bono Work
Boardman Clark believes that providing legal services on a pro bono basis to those in need is a critical aspect of achieving equal justice. The firm encourages its attorneys to incorporate pro bono matters into their practices by setting target goals for pro bono hours worked and compensating attorneys for their pro bono efforts.
Boardman Clark's pro bono cases have come in many forms in recent years, including:
- Accepting appointments by the Court to represent incarcerated individuals, including successful representation of a Muslim individual with a religious discrimination claim
- Representing individuals at domestic abuse injunction hearings through the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services
- Providing services to individuals regarding immigration issues
- Representing individuals in election related litigation
- Providing services to an individual buying a home through a program offered by the Madison Area Community Land Trust
- Representing a father seeking the return of his daughter from the U.S. to Chile, at the request of the U.S. Department of State Office of Children’s Issues
- Assisting a group that wanted to mass-produce N95 masks through 3D-printing and distribute them at no charge to hospitals and in low-income neighborhoods in Milwaukee during the pandemic
- Volunteering with the Family Law Assistance Center providing information and instruction for individuals appearing pro se in family law proceedings
- Volunteering at the Community Immigration Law Center’s Asylum workshop
- Serving as lawyers for the Wisconsin State Bar Lawyer Hotline (which provides pro bono legal advice to people of limited financial means)
- Providing legal work for various community organizations drafting bylaws and other corporate documents, reviewing contracts and providing other legal services