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07/16/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/16/2024 15:37
Willkie Continues Second Year of Pro Bono Support for NYC Asylum Application Help Center
Willkie Continues Second Year of Pro Bono Support for NYC Asylum Application Help Center
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July 16, 2024
Willkie continues to provide pro bono support for the Asylum Application Help Center, a groundbreaking New York City initiative that has submitted 58,000 work authorization, temporary protected status, and asylum applications since opening a year ago.
More than 40 Willkie attorneys, summer law clerks and staff in New York City have taken part in the pro bono program to date, assisting asylum seekers as they fill out their asylum applications, the first step toward work authorization and the start of a new life in the United States.
The Asylum Application Help Center is the first program in the nation to combine government, law firm, corporate, nonprofit, and university support to provide pro se application support at scale. It recently received the American Bar Association's Hodson Award for Public Service for helping tens of thousands of migrants complete their asylum applications before the expiration of a one-year deadline from their date of entry into the U.S.
"New York City's Asylum Application Help Center is a groundbreaking approach to helping the newest arrivals to our community on a large scale, providing all the necessary tools to help volunteers assist asylum seekers," Willkie pro bono counsel Stacey Kushlefsky said. "Willkie is proud to be a continuing supporter of this important and much-needed initiative having provided attorney, paralegal, intern, and summer law clerk volunteers."
Read about the Asylum Application Help Center's recognition from the American Bar Association here.
If you are interested in joining Willkie's pro bono team at the center, please contact [email protected].
More than 40 Willkie attorneys, summer law clerks and staff in New York City have taken part in the pro bono program to date, assisting asylum seekers as they fill out their asylum applications, the first step toward work authorization and the start of a new life in the United States.
The Asylum Application Help Center is the first program in the nation to combine government, law firm, corporate, nonprofit, and university support to provide pro se application support at scale. It recently received the American Bar Association's Hodson Award for Public Service for helping tens of thousands of migrants complete their asylum applications before the expiration of a one-year deadline from their date of entry into the U.S.
"New York City's Asylum Application Help Center is a groundbreaking approach to helping the newest arrivals to our community on a large scale, providing all the necessary tools to help volunteers assist asylum seekers," Willkie pro bono counsel Stacey Kushlefsky said. "Willkie is proud to be a continuing supporter of this important and much-needed initiative having provided attorney, paralegal, intern, and summer law clerk volunteers."
Read about the Asylum Application Help Center's recognition from the American Bar Association here.
If you are interested in joining Willkie's pro bono team at the center, please contact [email protected].