Bloomberg Law
Sept. 7, 2016, 9:13 PM UTC

What if Associates Donated a Sliver of That Big Salary Raise to Legal Aid?

Casey Sullivan

A group of 200 law firm associates have put a small portion of their recent salary raises to good use.

The group, known as The Associates Committee, has awarded $200,000 worth of grants — pooled together through individual contributions of $1,000 per participating associate member — to four organizations aimed at improving the U.S. justice system.

In January, we covered the group , founded by Skadden Arps associate Corey Laplante, when the 501(c)(3) organization was seeking participation from Big Law associates and had about 106 members.

Now, the committee is at 200 members spanning 45 different law firms in the biggest legal ...

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