Munger, Tolles & Olson attorneys don’t simply advise on pro bono matters, we take them to trial—and even to the U.S. Supreme Court. The firm was one of the charter signatories to the American Bar Association’s pro bono challenge, and consistently devotes more than six percent of all attorney time to pro bono work. We are proud to be one of the select group of firms to have received the ABA’s Pro Bono Publico Award and the Pro Bono Institute’s John H. Pickering Award.

Our attorneys enjoy tremendous latitude in their choice of pro bono cases, and Munger Tolles encourages them to choose pro bono matters that they care about deeply.  Our attorneys have made notable impacts on issues that include voting rights, civil liberties, racial and criminal justice, housing, religious freedom, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ rights. We also have a robust practice in helping clients obtain legally warranted immigration relief and improving immigration policies.

In recent years, Munger Tolles attorneys have:

• Won a U.S. Supreme Court case arguing against the controversial “independent state legislature” theory that state courts had no power to enforce rules for federal elections.
• Secured a historic preliminary injunction that eliminated the cash bail system in Los Angeles County for individuals arrested on most low-level, non-violent offenses.
• Successfully defended a Virginia school board’s use of race-neutral admissions criteria that enhanced diversity. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling that upheld the policy.
• Partnered with the ACLU to enforce compliance with Public Records Act requests filed against hundreds of law enforcement agencies in California.
• Secured a settlement ending Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s use of private contractors for immigration arrests in California and imposing a monitoring period.

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