Legal Marketing & PR

Law Jobs For Charity - Giving Lawyers At Christmas

By lawjobspipeline

Lawyers may not enjoy the best of reputations among the non-legal public, but to give them their due they probably do more than many professions in terms of not only pro bono work, but also outright charity.  Tales abound of law firms that make charitable donations or organize charity at Christmas time in particular.

The Times reports in its Watercooler about some City firms making charity their own - like Simmons & Simmons has donated to RNIB, the charity for the blind, and various groups overseas. Pinsent Masons is sponsoring a village in Kaifeng, China, through SOS Children’s Villages, which helps orphaned and abandoned children. But Crisis, the homeless charity that has asked companies not to send Christmas cards this year but to donate the money to them instead, seems to be the biggest beneficiary, receiving backing from the likes of Norton Rose (which is also supporting Shelter), Freshfields, Baker & McKenzie and Allen & Overy. David Morley, A&O’s managing partner, apparently even lent his vocals to one of Crisis’s singing electronic cards.

So there. Charity begins in the law office for some.

Full post as published by Lawyer Marketing Blog on January 07, 2008 (boomark / email).