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When the world turns upside down, how do you get right side up again? For Brad Karp, Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, it began with an email to 1,000 Paul, Weiss lawyers asking, Who wants to work on a #probono project to help people and small businesses affected by #COVID19? Hear about what happened next from Brad Karp and his colleagues Jean McLoughlin and Robert Atkins in the latest episode of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files podcast, hosted by Alicia Aiken. Listen now! https://bit.ly/2KOgitC

Episode 7 of #inSecuritiesPod is now available! Join Chris Ekimoff of RSM US LLP and Kurt Wolfe of Troutman Sanders LLP for a discussion with SECI Director George Wilson on hot topics from the latest #SEC Institute newsletter, including the impact of #COVID19 on the legal and financial world. Listen now! https://bit.ly/2Jz9iA4

PLI is honored to be the Vendor Voice in the January/February 2020 Issue of American Association of Law Libraries's Spectrum magazine. Learn how PLI’s research utility has evolved over time in this article, featuring an interview with Alexa Robertson, PLI’s Director of Legal Information Services: http://bit.ly/306D5Yq

PLI is excited to announce today’s launch of inSecurities, a new biweekly #podcast examining changes to #securities rules, regulations, and cases from a practitioner’s perspective in both law and accounting. Hosted by Chris Ekimoff, a forensic accountant at RSM US LLP, and Kurt Wolfe, a securities regulatory attorney at Troutman Sanders LLP, this new podcast will provide in-depth analysis on changes within the securities field. In an increasingly complex business environment where intricate corporate structures reign, tune into inSecurities every other Thursday to help make sense of it all. http://bit.ly/2FPuL6k #inSecuritiesPod #securitieslaw #forensicaccounting

Our team is here at the NALP - National Association for Law Placement Professional Development Institute! Stop by the Practising Law Institute booth to learn about our gold standard training and the highest quality continuing education content PLI delivers to its members. #professionaldevelopment

How does one organization use pro bono legal help to promote fundamental change? Pursuing Justice sits down with Ariadna Godreau Aubert to explore how Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico is working with #probono lawyers to educate and partner with communities to advocate for a more responsive legal system. Listen now: http://bit.ly/2DKuTmn

Hear how one organization is mentoring #BigLaw lawyers to harness their amazing potential as #probono lawyers in the latest episode of Pursuing Justice, featuring Her Justice's Legal Director, Hamra Ahmad. https://bddy.me/375P3Vq

Pursuing Justice is back with Paying Off Other’s Debts, a story about how a single mother escaped her ex-husband’s #debt issues with the help of a smart #probono team that found a creative way to solve this legal problem and save her home. Listen now! https://bddy.me/2WQuh7o

For this week’s installment of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, http://bit.ly/2PvZBqp we interview Julia R. Wilson, CEO of OneJustice, a California-based #nonprofit that leads a statewide network of 100+ nonprofit legal organizations, law firms, law schools, and businesses to deliver #probono assistance. "Pursuing Justice," PLI’s exciting new limited-series podcast focused solely on the pro bono and public interest community, is hosted by long-time legal services advocate Alicia Aiken, and provides a behind-the-scenes exploration of pro bono and public interest legal work

To celebrate #probonoweek, PLI is thrilled to announce the launch of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, an exciting new limited-series podcast focused solely on the #probono and public interest community! https://bddy.me/2BHhL0s Hosted by long-time legal services advocate Alicia Aiken, Pursuing Justice provides a behind-the-scenes exploration of pro bono and public interest legal work. These heartening stories are told from both clients’ and lawyers’ perspectives and showcase intimate portraits of lawyers helping those with limited access to justice. PLI will feature new episodes every Wednesday for the next seven weeks. Check out our first episode, This is NOT our area of expertise! today. http://bit.ly/2WeNwrf

Mayer Brown partner Marcia Madsen, leader of the firm’s #GovernmentContracts practice, recently co-chaired Practising Law Institute's Government Contracts 2019 ...program at Mayer Brown’s Washington #DC office. The program brought together leading government contracts law practitioners and policy makers for an in-depth discussion on recent trends and best practices for companies operating in the Federal #government space. #WomenInLaw Marcia was joined by Colette Matzzie, a partner at Phillips & Cohen, Brian Hudak, a deputy chief in the civil division of the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Michael Granston, the director of the Civil Fraud Section for the US Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch, and Alice Eldridge, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of BAE Systems, Inc. (from left to right).

Attending #AALL19? Join us for our Librarian Advisory Breakfast on Sunday, July 14th at the Marriott Marquis Washington, DC! RSVP today!

Check out our newest blog post about Practising Law Institute’s Pro Bono Privileged Membership! This membership is for legal professional and it provides renown...ed training and instruction to improve their guidance to pro bono clients. It includes live programs and webcasts, one-hour audio briefings, on-demand learning, and an interactive learning center. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2K3IwlJ

Practising Law Institute is excited to be an Exhibitor at this year's 2019 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference! Let us know if you'll be attending #AALL19 as well!

Stay tuned for this next installment of our PLI Studio Briefings discussing arbitration, coming to pli.edu in June! Browse the current library of Studio Briefings here - http://bit.ly/2Hjb0W2