June 2, 2022
Press Release
The American Bar Association (ABA) announced yesterday that Stroock will receive the 2022 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award, which recognizes the firm’s outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the underserved and disadvantaged. This is the highest honor given by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, which will present Stroock, one of five recipients, with the annual award on Aug. 5 during the ABA’s Annual Meeting in Chicago.
“We are honored and grateful to receive this recognition,” said Alan Klinger, Stroock's Co-Managing Partner. “Public service is a pillar of our firm that we constantly work towards expanding and refining for maximum impact. It is a privilege to do this work, and we are proud to see our attorneys’ dedication and enthusiasm towards it recognized.”
“This humbling award is a testament to our attorneys and professional staff who make high-impact pro bono work a priority, and to Stroock’s enduring commitment to equality and justice. We view the ABA’s recognition not as a culmination of our work, but rather as a catalyst that will spark new efforts and magnify our existing efforts to help those most in need, both through our own initiatives and in partnership with our many public interest allies,” said Kerry Cooperman, Director of Stroock’s pro bono program, the Public Service Project.
The award honors Stroock’s 2021 pro bono efforts across a range of areas, highlights of which include:
Stroock’s longtime commitment to serving the public interest began with the civic reform efforts led by the firm’s founders more than a century ago. In 2001, Stroock launched its Public Service Project — one of the first such practices to be led by a full-time pro bono partner — to offer a multidisciplinary approach to delivering comprehensive legal services focused on disaster recovery, innovative collaborations, and underserved and under-resourced communities.
The ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service works to ensure access to justice through the expansion and enhancement of the delivery of legal and other law-related services to the underserved through volunteer efforts of legal professionals nationwide. The Committee fosters the development of pro bono programs and activities by law firms, bar associations, corporate legal departments, law schools, government attorney offices and others; analyzes the scope and function of pro bono programs; and proposes and reviews policy that affects lawyers' ability to provide pro bono legal services.
The ABA is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law. View our privacy statement online. Follow the latest ABA news at www.americanbar.org/news and on Twitter @ABANews.
June 2, 2022
Press Release
The American Bar Association (ABA) announced yesterday that Stroock will receive the 2022 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award, which recognizes the firm’s outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the underserved and disadvantaged. This is the highest honor given by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, which will present Stroock, one of five recipients, with the annual award on Aug. 5 during the ABA’s Annual Meeting in Chicago.
“We are honored and grateful to receive this recognition,” said Alan Klinger, Stroock's Co-Managing Partner. “Public service is a pillar of our firm that we constantly work towards expanding and refining for maximum impact. It is a privilege to do this work, and we are proud to see our attorneys’ dedication and enthusiasm towards it recognized.”
“This humbling award is a testament to our attorneys and professional staff who make high-impact pro bono work a priority, and to Stroock’s enduring commitment to equality and justice. We view the ABA’s recognition not as a culmination of our work, but rather as a catalyst that will spark new efforts and magnify our existing efforts to help those most in need, both through our own initiatives and in partnership with our many public interest allies,” said Kerry Cooperman, Director of Stroock’s pro bono program, the Public Service Project.
The award honors Stroock’s 2021 pro bono efforts across a range of areas, highlights of which include:
Stroock’s longtime commitment to serving the public interest began with the civic reform efforts led by the firm’s founders more than a century ago. In 2001, Stroock launched its Public Service Project — one of the first such practices to be led by a full-time pro bono partner — to offer a multidisciplinary approach to delivering comprehensive legal services focused on disaster recovery, innovative collaborations, and underserved and under-resourced communities.
The ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service works to ensure access to justice through the expansion and enhancement of the delivery of legal and other law-related services to the underserved through volunteer efforts of legal professionals nationwide. The Committee fosters the development of pro bono programs and activities by law firms, bar associations, corporate legal departments, law schools, government attorney offices and others; analyzes the scope and function of pro bono programs; and proposes and reviews policy that affects lawyers' ability to provide pro bono legal services.
The ABA is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law. View our privacy statement online. Follow the latest ABA news at www.americanbar.org/news and on Twitter @ABANews.
