Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files

An exciting limited series podcast showcasing the hard work and heartening stories of the pro bono and public interest community.

Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files is a education podcast hosted by Practising Law Institute, with 73 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Practising Law Institute hosts Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a education show with 73 episodes published.

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  Episode #73

  Alaska’s Community Justice Workers

  Aug 5, 202654 min

  In this episode, Sarah Carver and Lauren Kellogg, of Alaska Legal Services, and Nikole Nelson, of Frontline Justice, discuss how Alaska’s Community Justice Worker program is helping to close the access to justice gap by training trusted community members to provide limited legal support in places where lawyers are scarce. Hear how this work empowers low-income families navigating complex benefits, debt, housing, and safety issues — and why the community justice worker model is gaining momentum in other states Explore our Pro Bono programs and resources Learn about our Pro Bono Memberships and Scholarships for qualified organizations and individuals Please note: CLE is not offered for listening to this podcast, and the views and opinions expressed within represent those of the speakers and not necessarily those of PLI.

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  Episode #72

  Pushing the Law to Evolve: Animal Rights

  Jun 26, 20261h 1m

  Hear about the Nonhuman Rights Project’s efforts to use habeas corpus to challenge the confinement of highly intelligent animals, and to push courts to recognize how the law could evolve over time. Connecting animal rights advocacy to earlier civil rights movements, advocates Evan Wolfson, Shannon Minter, Kevin Schneider, and Jake Davis illustrate the power of pro bono — along with long-term litigation, storytelling, and persistence — to move seemingly novel rights claims toward broader acceptance. Explore our Pro Bono programs and resources Learn about our Pro Bono Memberships and Scholarships for qualified organizations and individuals Please note: CLE is not offered for listening to this podcast, and the views and opinions expressed within represent those of the speakers and not necessarily those of PLI.

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  Episode #71

  Pushing the Law to Evolve: Freedom to Marry

  Jun 15, 202626 min

  What does it take to evolve the law? In the first of a two-part episode of Pursuing Justice, Alicia Aiken speaks with two giants of civil rights litigation, Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry Global and Shannon Minter of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, about the long arc of marriage equality — from early legal and cultural resistance, to the nationwide victory in Obergefell v. Hodges. Hear how a combination of pro bono power, strategy, and persistence can lead to change. Explore our Pro Bono programs and resources Learn about our Pro Bono Memberships and Scholarships for qualified organizations and individuals Please note: CLE is not offered for listening to this podcast, and the views and opinions expressed within represent those of the speakers and not necessarily those of PLI.

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  Episode #70

  Hallway Conversations at Pro Bono Institute's Annual Conference

  May 4, 202643 minS0

  <p>In a series of lightning-round interviews recorded onsite at the Pro Bono Institute’s annual conference, Pursuing Justice host Alicia Aiken and Nihad Mansour, host of PBI’s Pro Bono Happy Hour, hear inspiring pro bono stories and insights from dedicated pro bono practitioners.</p> <p>Explore our Pro Bono programs and resources</p> <p>Learn about our Pro Bono Memberships and Scholarships for qualified organizations and individuals</p>

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  Episode #69

  Credit Repair for Trafficking Survivors

  Apr 2, 202657 minS0

  <p>Survivors of human trafficking are often burdened with legal and financial issues through no fault of their own. In this episode, hear how pro bono support can make a difference. Host Alicia Aiken speaks with Eve Runyon, of the Pro Bono Institute, and Sarah Dohoney Byrne, of Moore & Van Allen, about a credit-repair clinic established through a partnership between PBI and the National Survivor Law Collective that is helping survivors block trafficking-related debts from their credit reports — often fast enough to unlock housing, jobs, and financial stability.</p> <p>Explore our Pro Bono programs and resources</p> <p>Learn ab...

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