Biglaw firms, including Paul Weiss and Skadden, promised millions in pro bono work under the Trump administration, thinking it would shield them from retaliation. However, the executive order was easily challenged and the arrangement backfired, leading to a loss of clients who wanted to distance themselves from perceived opportunism. Law school students and faculty have begun to discourage affiliations with these firms. After a wave of criticism, these firms are now downplaying the significance of their earlier commitments, claiming they didnât hold substantive meaning in the first place, escalating their reputational woes.
The firms involved thought they were being clever by doing pro bono work for veterans to avoid retaliation from the Trump administration, which turned out to be misguided.
The executive order was easy to defeat, and the firms faced backlash from clients and law students who opposed their pro bono commitments to the Trump administration.
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