Pro Bono

Munger, Tolles & Olson Receives a 2024 Daily Journal CLAY Award

Munger, Tolles & Olson was recognized with a 2024 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) award by the Daily Journal. The award is given to the California attorney teams who have handled the most impactful litigation over the last year.

Munger, Tolles & Olson Continues Fight to Provide Care and Shelter to Youth in California’s Foster Care System

Munger, Tolles & Olson, along with co-counsel, successfully defeated a motion to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit alleging Los Angeles County and the State of California failed to provide transition age youth (ages 16-21) in foster care with the housing and services to which they are legally entitled.

Joseph Glynn Recognized by the National Immigrant Justice Center with a 2024 Rising Star Award

Munger, Tolles & Olson litigation associate Joseph Glynn has been recognized by the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) with a Rising Star Award for advancing access to justice through pro bono legal services.

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Contributing to the community through pro bono work and other forms of volunteerism is a core tenet of the culture at Munger, Tolles & Olson. The firm was one of the charter signatories to the American Bar Association’s pro bono challenge and consistently devotes more than three percent of all attorney time to delivering needed pro bono legal assistance. We are proud to be one of the select group of firms to have received the ABA’s coveted Pro Bono Publico Award.

Munger Tolles encourages its attorneys to choose pro bono matters that they care about deeply. The American Lawyer described it as “the Munger, Tolles & Olson way … a sense of ownership that extends from patriarch Ronald Olson all the way down to the first-year associates.”

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