Since its earliest days, WilmerHale has been guided by an unwavering commitment to the pursuit of equal justice.

Over our many decades of practice, our firm has witnessed the recurring cycles of progress and reversal that have characterized the slow march toward equality, inclusion and justice in the United States. Through those decades, we have embraced our responsibility, as lawyers, to help those whose freedom and opportunity have been impeded by systemic inequities, or whose very survival has been threatened by hate, discrimination, xenophobia and violence.

Our pro bono commitment includes a Racial Justice Reform Initiative through which we have handled matters involving civil rights, police reform, voting rights, and economic access.  Our work spans the death penalty, marriage equality, immigration, disability rights, press freedom, and educational opportunity, among many other issues.

• Annually, we sponsor two fellows to work at any civil rights organization committed to addressing issues related to systemic racism, criminal justice and police accountability.
• We have established a Racial Justice Reform Initiative for a variety of efforts focused on addressing police reform and other social inequities affecting Black people in the United States.
• We are following our long tradition of joining with organizations that have consistently led the way in pro bono representation addressing both individual and systemic injustice, including the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Innocence Network, Lawyers Clearinghouse, the Legal Aid Society, and many other national, regional and local nonprofits and legal aid organizations.