概览

我们有责任帮助弱势群体，协助建立一个更具包容性的社会，并协助提供诉诸司法的平等机会。这些是本所公益法律服务计划的指导原则。孖士打（Mayer Brown）是创新公益法律服务方式的领导者。我们是第一家制定并实施公益法律服务战略规划的大型律师事务所，还致力于开创一些将对本地和全球都产生重大影响的项目。每一年，我们都向贫困人群和弱势群体以及服务于他们的机构提供数万小时的免费法律服务。本所因对公益法律服务的投入而获得许多荣誉，包括被《国家法律杂志》纳入其2017年“公益法律服务热门名单”。该杂志赞扬孖士打在恢复美国城市警方和社区间信任方面的公益法律工作，包括我们对芝加哥警察问责工作组的工作所做的贡献，该项服务被媒体广泛报道。

我们还鼓励律师及其他员工以各种方式参与社区服务活动。我们认真对待自己对生活、工作所在社区承担的责任，并且承诺成为优秀的企业公民。

我们的公益法律服务架构

Mayer Brown大力鼓励每一位律师参与公益法律项目，并对他们捐赠的小时数予以奖励。在美国，作为 “律师行公益法律服务挑战”（Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge）的签署成员，我们承诺将全部可计费时间的3%捐赠投入公益法律服务。同时，我们还是“英国公益法律工作联合协定书”（UK Joint Protocol on Pro Bono Work）的签署方，该联合协议书规定必须按照与收费工作相同的标准开展公益法律服务。

本行公益法律计划由美国的公益法律总监与英国的企业社会责任经理管理，受本行全球公益法律服务委员会的监督，该委员会由来自各个办事处的律师组成，涵盖几乎每一个执业领域。此外，我们还设有当地及区域公益法律服务委员会，以确保整个公益法律计划充满活力和多样性。

我们的公益法律服务领域

我们公益法律计划的指导宗旨是，运用我们作为全球最大律师行之一的丰富资源改善系统性问题。我们正式推出多个项目以便在最大化影响的同时鼓励律师发现其认为重要的案件和方向。

通过开展公益法律计划，我们不仅帮助个人重建和恢复生活，更协助慈善行业及慈善机构解决社会根本性难题及挑战。我们涵盖的领域包括：

领养
法律咨询中心
可负担住房
消除贫穷及经济发展计划
上诉及美国最高法院诉讼
艺术与文化
政治庇护、移民及难民法
死刑
环境
驱逐辩护
贫困人群刑事辩护
知识产权
国际人权及法治
房东/租户事宜
调解及和解援助
小微企业
小额信贷/公益融资
非盈利性及慈善组织
罪犯权利
公共福利
退伍军人福利

除捐赠法律咨询时间之外，本行还经常对公共及法律服务组织进行财务捐款，也是率先将慈善捐赠与公益法律服务计划整合为一体的大型律师行之一。

我们的社区服务工作

我们的律师和员工参与世界各地的社区服务活动，通常会与公益及私营企业客户合作开展多种多样的社区服务活动。

我们履行公益法律服务义务其中重要的途径是向教育相关的计划和组织提供支持。其中包括在伦敦、纽约、华盛顿、芝加哥及洛杉矶内和周边的学校开展阅读、指导及扫除计划。

除在公共服务和民间组织担任理事之外，我们在美国、欧洲和亚洲的律师还参与建屋计划、帮助食物银行、慰问老年中心、募捐以及安排向社区机构捐赠食品、家具和其他物品。

我们的信念

我们通过参与公益法律服务及企业社会责任活动来实现这个目标。我们坚信这是律师行业的重要组成部分，也是我们作为律师行实现真正卓越的重要一环。

表彰

Mayer Brown was honored by The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies as a 2024 pro bono litigation impact partner
Mayer Brown was honored by the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights with its 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award for our work on a police brutality case
Mayer Brown was honored by Disability Rights Maryland with its 2024 Outstanding Legal Advocacy Award for our steadfast commitment to ensuring justice for people with disabilities
Mayer Brown was presented with the Northern District of Illinois’ 2024 Pro Bono and Public Interest Award for our work to help a group of judges set up an Illinois 501(c)(3) organization to raise funds to assist formerly incarcerated individuals
Mayer Brown was honored by Advancing Real Change, Inc. with its 2024 Award for Exceptional Service on behalf of Capital Clients
Mayer Brown was a recipient of Legal Aid Society of New York’s 2024 Outstanding Pro Bono Service for successfully securing the transfer of a transgendered female prisoner to a women’s prison
Mayer Brown’s pro bono partner, the Green Tech Legal Collaborative (GTLC) has won “ESG Programme of the Year” at this year’s @Legal Business Magazine’s Legal Business Awards 2024.
Mayer Brown was awarded Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership for its joint work on the Green Tech Legal Collaborative at the LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards 2023.
Mayer Brown received Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights “Outstanding Law Firm Partner Award” for our impactful pro bono support of small businesses primarily serving disadvantaged communities.
Mayer Brown received the 2023 City Bar Justice Center Award for our commitment to promoting racial, social, and economic justice through a range of pro bono legal services and other philanthropic commitments.
Mayer Brown was named as a 2022 Pro Bono Innovator by Bloomberg Law for our work securing a September 2022 win in federal district court on behalf of people seeking asylum in the United States and for helping to evacuate 150 students from Afghanistan during the US withdrawal in August 2021.
Mayer Brown was named a Pro Bono Leader in 2022 by the American Bar Association for our work as part of Free Legal Answers, a virtual legal advice clinic in which qualifying users post civil legal questions to be answered by pro bono attorneys licensed in their state.

Mayer Brown was awarded Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership for its joint work on the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative at the LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards 2022.
Mayer Brown Germany awarded the Pro Bono: Outstanding Firm Award at the Chambers Europe Awards 2022 for its extensive pro bono work and for serving a range of clients.
Mayer Brown awarded 2020 Business Charity Award in the UK for its flagship pro bono project with anti-poverty charity Z2K.
Mayer Brown named to The National Law Journal’s 2020 “Pro Bono Hot List”
Mayer Brown received the John Howard Association’s 2019 Partnership Award for the firm’s work with JHA in criminal justice reform.
Mayer Brown received Lutheran Social Services of New York’s 2019 Honorable Daniel W. Joy Dedicated Service Award, which recognizes “an individual, organization, group or business that uses its expertise, experience or professional talents to enhance and support the work of Lutheran Social Services of New York and the individuals that it serves.
The New York State Bar Association honored Mayer Brown with its 2019 President’s Pro Bono Service Award in the Large Law Firm category in recognition of the “breadth and scope of the firm’s pro bono involvement and its active and successful promotion of the pro bono service by firm attorneys.
For the second year in a row, Mayer Brown was honored as a 2019 Champion for Children by the Children’s Law Center.
Mayer Brown received the Best Philanthropy Engagement award at the MPF Awards 2019 for advising Global Parametrics on a pro bono basis on the creation of a complex OTC weather/catastrophe derivative.
The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs honored Mayer Brown with its 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award for exceptional commitment to civil rights and justice.
The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) honored Mayer Brown with its 2018 Superstar Award for providing exceptional representation to survivors of sexual exploitation.
Mayer Brown was honored by the Posse Foundation with its 2018 pro bono and community service award for the firm’s deep commitment to supporting children and education.
Mayer Brown was named to the Public Interest Law Initiative’s 2018 Pro Bono Recognition Roster for its contributions and commitment to pro bono in Illinois.
The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice honored Mayer Brown at its 2017 Celebration of International Pro Bono Excellence for advising The Nature Conservancy on its efforts to balance energy development and the conservation of river systems in Mexico.
Mayer Brown was named to the 2017 Pro Bono Hot List by The National Law Journal for our work on restoring trust between police and communities in US cities, including the firm’s widely publicized contributions to the work of Chicago’s Police Accountability Task Force.
Children’s Law Center recognized Mayer Brown as its 2017 Children’s Pro Bono Champion for partnering to support vulnerable children and families in the District of Columbia.
Mayer Brown was honored by the Lawyers Alliance for New York with its 2017 Cornerstone Award for dedicating countless pro bono hours to assist nonprofit organizations and clients.
Mayer Brown was the recipient of The Legal Aid Society of New York’s 2017 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding service to the Legal Aid Society and its clients.
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future presented Mayer Brown with its 2017 Anniversary Partner Award for dedicating hundreds of hours of support and advocacy to further the organization’s mission of serving the underemployed and unemployed.
The Washington Council of Lawyers recognized Mayer Brown with its 2017 Law Firm Award for partnering to support the Council’s programs, mission and those in need in the District of Columbia.
Mayer Brown was honored by Public Advocates as a Pro Bono Champion for our contributions to the organization’s work on education equity.
Mayer Brown was honored by CAIR Coalition with its Impacting Justice Award for our work in launching the organization’s project representing individuals caught in the complicated intersection between criminal and immigration law.
Mayer Brown was the recipient of The Legal Aid Society of New York’s Pro Bono Publico Award for our work on litigation involving housing discrimination based on source of income.
Mayer Brown and Caterpillar were recognized as 2016 Pro Bono Innovators of the Year by LegalTech News and The Recorder for our work on the Forced Marriage Initiative with the Tahirih Justice Center.
Mayer Brown received the Bill of Rights in Action Award from the Constitutional Rights Foundation for its work on marriage equality cases.
DC Appleseed honored Mayer Brown for helping the District of Columbia gain budget autonomy.
The Tahirih Justice Center named Mayer Brown and Caterpillar Inc. as its 2014 Corporate Partners of the Year for investing more than 3,500 pro bono hours researching forced marriage.
The Texas Defender Service honored Mayer Brown’s Houston office for pro bono death penalty representation.
The National Pro Bono Committee of the AT&T Legal Department has named Mayer Brown the inaugural winner of the AT&T Pro Bono Partner Law Firm of the Year award for 2014.
Mayer Brown received the 2013 Pro Bono Partner Award from United Way of Metropolitan Chicago in honor of its significant pro bono support and commitment to the community. United Way focuses on creating social change by investing in education, income and health programs to ensure people have the tools they need to thrive.
Mayer Brown was honored by the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) for assistance the firm provided in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
Mayer Brown was the recipient of The Legal Aid Society of New York’s 2013 and 2012 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding service to the Legal Aid Society and its clients.
Mayer Brown was named Law Firm of the Year by Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) for providing significant pro bono legal counsel to CLSEPA clients during the past year.
Mayer Brown was recognized as a member of Appleseed’s Orchard of Justice, which honors law firms that have donated $1 million in pro bono hours within the past five years. Appleseed is a nonprofit network of 17 public interest justice centers in the United States and Mexico that uncovers and corrects injustices through legal, legislative and market-based structural reform.
Mayer Brown was honored in 2011 by the Thomson Reuters Foundation for its work with Transparency International on the United Nations Convention Against Corruption Global Review Project.
Mayer Brown was the recipient of The Legal Aid Society of New York’s 2010 and 2011 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding service to the Legal Aid Society and its clients.
Mayer Brown received the 2011 LatinoJustice PRLDEF Cesar A. Perales Award for our work on the annual How to Succeed in Law School program.
Mayer Brown was the recipient of 2011 Pro Bono Initiative Award from the Public Interest Law Initiative.
Mayer Brown was named to the Public Interest Law Initiative’s inaugural Pro Bono Recognition Roster in honor of our noteworthy pro bono contributions in 2010 and 2011.
The Financial Times recognized three Mayer Brown pro bono projects as among the most innovative in the United States. These projects were for the Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic, leading global microfinance lender BRAC, and the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
The Washington Post recognized Mayer Brown as one of its 2010 Businesses that Give Back for the firm’s extensive work on a project with Appleseed and Appleseed México on the screening, protection, and repatriation of the more than 15,000 unaccompanied Mexican minors who cross the border and end up in federal custody each year.
Mayer Brown’s London office won the 2010 LawWorks Award for Best Contribution by a Law Firm.
Mayer Brown was the recipient of the 2010 Justice John Paul Stevens Law Firm Pro Bono Award from the Seventh Circuit Bar Association’s Pro Bono and Public Bar Service Awards Committee.
Mayer Brown was a recipient of Equip for Equality’s 2009 Pro Bono Leaders Award.
Mayer Brown received the 2008 Distinguished Service Award from the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation.
Mayer Brown was a recipient of the 2008 National Law Journal Pro Bono Award for our work with The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, an organization that helps to resettle those Iraqis who have been targeted by insurgents because of their work for the U.S. Government.
Mayer Brown was honored at the Innocence Project's 2008 Celebration of Freedom & Justice Benefit in recognition of our extensive partnership with organization.
Mayer Brown was a recipient of the Southern Center for Human Rights' 2007 Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association's 2007 Beacon of Justice Award, for our work on the Guantanamo detainee litigation.
Mayer Brown was a recipient of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project's 2007 Law Firm of the Year Award for our work on behalf of death row inmates.
Mayer Brown was a recipient of the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s 2007 Pro Bono Award for establishing the federal court limited appointment settlement project.