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December 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Empowering a Whistleblower

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Empowering a Whistleblower Join us in celebrating our December Amicus Mundi winner, Vonda Vandaveer! Every month, we give the Amicus Mundi Award to an outstanding lawyer in our community who exemplifies our shared values o…
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December 17, 2024 at 7:55 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, Welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects — our final digest of 2024! Get a head start on your New Year’s resolution by signing up for a project today. We have nearly 90 legal projects that need your help: 1—5 HOURS Assist E…
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December 5, 2024 at 7:53 PM

Lawyers: Here are some ways you can help this holiday season!

friend, Good afternoon, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. If you're looking for great opportunities to help out this holiday season, check out these projects below! 6—10 HOURS Federal Criminal Defense & White Collar P…
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November 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Who Made a Difference on Election Day

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Who Made a Difference on Election Day Join us in celebrating our November Amicus Mundi winner, David Hubbard! Every month, we give the Amicus Mundi Award to an outstanding lawyer in our community who exemplifies our shared…
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November 14, 2024 at 8:27 PM

Lawyers: Take a look at these important immigration projects!

friend, Immigrant communities in the U.S. will face unprecedented threats in the upcoming years—from mass deportations and raids, to the separation of families, to the dismantling of our asylum system, and much more. With these threats will come a staggering increa…
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November 6, 2024 at 8:39 PM

On the Results of the Election

On the Results of the Election View this email in your browser Hi friend, Like you, we are processing the election results and the likely impacts on communities and issues we care deeply about.  We The Action was founded in turbulent times…
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November 5, 2024 at 7:22 PM

Happy Election Day from We The Action!

Happy Election Day from We The Action! View this email in your browser Hi friend, Happy Election Day! Thank you for being a part of our community. This year, thousands of lawyers have joined our Voter Vanguard. Even before the polls opened…
  Katie Waldo, We The Action · [email protected]
November 4, 2024 at 5:42 PM

It's Election Hero Day: Join Us in Celebrating our Election Volunteers!

It's Election Hero Day: Join Us in Celebrating our Election Volunteers! View this email in your browser Hi friend, Election Hero Day is a time to recognize the incredible work of election officials, their staff, and poll workers who ensu…
  We The Action · [email protected]
October 31, 2024 at 5:20 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, We are 5 days away from Election Day, and we still have plenty of projects that need your help. I urge you to take a look at our Voter Protection Guide, which has opportunities to volunteer at home or in person, and sign up to help where you can provide the…
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October 29, 2024 at 6:19 PM

One Week Away! Have You Made Your Plan to Volunteer?

One Week Away! Have You Made Your Plan to Volunteer? View this email in your browser Hi friend, We are one week away from Election Day!  All across the country, volunteers like you are donating time to keep voting safe and accessible an…
  Katie Waldo, We The Action · [email protected]
October 24, 2024 at 5:19 PM

Why Certification is Mandatory and How Lawyers Can Participate

Why Certification is Mandatory and How Lawyers Can Participate View this email in your browser Hi friend, Let’s start with a simple true or false question: State laws require officials to certify results.  If you answered “true,” you're…
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October 22, 2024 at 6:26 PM

Happy Pro Bono Week! Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, Happy Pro Bono Week! Established in 2009, this annual celebration highlights the importance of pro bono participation. We also want to take a moment this week to thank you, our dedicated community of 50,000 volunteers, for generously donating your time and …
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October 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Supporting Election Officials!

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Supporting Election Officials! Join us in celebrating our October Amicus Mundi winner, Gene Farber! Happy Pro Bono Week! Today, we begin our National Celebration of Pro Bono, and we want to take this opportunity to thank …
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October 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, As we get closer to the election, it's important that we focus on areas of greatest need. As our friends in Florida recover from the impact of the hurricanes, it is more important than ever to support fair elections in the state. We have two projects in Fl…
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October 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, This election season, there is a role for every We The Action lawyer. Check out our Voter Protection Guide for opportunities to help. Check out other important opportunities below: 1—5 HOURS Draft Donor Privacy Policy for Poverty Organization Juma…
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October 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, This election season, there is a role for every We The Action lawyer. Check out our Voter Protection Guide for opportunities to help. If you have questions about using We The Action, join us for a website demo on Thursday at 6pm ET. If you have more questi…
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September 27, 2024 at 6:17 PM

Amicus Mundi: The Lawyer Protecting Your Right to Vote

Amicus Mundi: The Lawyer Protecting Your Right to Vote Join us in celebrating our September Amicus Mundi winner, JoAnne Klabin! Every month, we give the Amicus Mundi Award to an outstanding lawyer in our community who exemplifies our shared values of se…
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September 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, This election season, there is a role for every We The Action lawyer. Check out our Voter Protection Guide for opportunities to help. If you have questions about using We The Action, join us for a website demo on Thursday at 6pm ET. If you have more questi…
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September 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

Hi friend, With less than two months to go, we’re finalizing our voter protection efforts. Each state has unique needs, and our goal is to help you find the best way to get involved. This election season, there is a role for every We The Action lawyer. Check out our …
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September 12, 2024 at 5:12 PM

Guide to Election Protection Opportunities for Lawyers

Guide to Election Protection Opportunities for Lawyers Have you made your Election Day plans? View this email in your browser Hi friend, Some of us are natural planners — we organize softball leagues and have matching shirts ready for t…
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September 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Lawyers: Check out this exciting announcement and volunteer for an important project!

Friend, We’re excited to announce that Michael Gottlieb is joining our Advisory Council! His invaluable legal expertise will help guide We The Action’s ongoing work to strengthen democracy and advance justice. Michael is an impressive and well-decorated lawyer wit…
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August 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM

Amicus Mundi: The Lawyer Protecting Access to Reproductive Health

Amicus Mundi: The Lawyer Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Join us in celebrating our August Amicus Mundi winner, George McGregor! Every month, we give the Amicus Mundi Award to an outstanding lawyer in our community who exemplifies our shared va…
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August 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

Friend, Good afternoon, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have over 110 legal projects that need your help: 1—5 HOURS Join We The Action’s Voter Vanguard We The Action In recent years, the right to vote has been un…
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August 14, 2024 at 4:48 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

Friend, Good afternoon, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have 105 legal projects that need your help: 1—5 HOURS Provide Legal Counsel for Survivors National Women's Law Center The Legal Network for Gender Equity, wh…
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August 8, 2024 at 3:55 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

Friend, Good morning, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have over 100 legal projects that need your help: 1—5 HOURS Join We The Action’s Voter Vanguard We The Action In recent years, the right to vote has been unde…
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August 6, 2024 at 6:42 PM

Honor The Voting Rights Act By Protecting the Vote

Honor The Voting Rights Act By Protecting the Vote Sign up for your a Voter Vanguard project today View this email in your browser Friend, Today marks 59 years since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. This landmark legislation wa…
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July 31, 2024 at 5:52 PM

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Protecting Children from Deportation

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyer Protecting Children from Deportation Join us in celebrating our July Amicus Mundi winner, Elaine Chapnik! Every month, we give the Amicus Mundi Award to an outstanding lawyer in our community who exemplifies our shared val…
  Anna Chu, We The Action · [email protected]
July 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM

Today’s a big day…

Today’s a big day… Want to help us celebrate? View this email in your browser Hi friend, Today is a big day for We The Action. It’s officially 100 days until Election Day and today is our 7th birthday!  We The Action was born out of th…
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July 25, 2024 at 3:37 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, Good morning, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have over 85 legal projects that need your help: 11—20 HOURS Serve as a Poll Worker! Power the Polls Power the Polls, a nonpartisan initiative for recruiting the …
  Anna Chu, We The Action · [email protected]
July 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM

ICYMI: Our Event with the Second Gentleman

ICYMI: Our Event with the Second Gentleman More pro bono opportunities for dedicated lawyers like you! View this email in your browser Hello friend, On Tuesday, we had an amazing conversation with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Beth L…
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July 16, 2024 at 1:55 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

friend, We hope you’ll be able to join us later today, July 16 at 3 PM ET, for our next Voter Vanguard event, "Vocal Vanguards: Trends and Challenges of the 2024 Election." The program will feature speakers engaged in ensuring free and fair elections, explain what …
  Anna Chu, We The Action · [email protected]
July 12, 2024 at 4:25 PM

RSVP for our Virtual Event with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff

RSVP for our Virtual Event with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Learn how to safeguard our democracy in 2024. View this email in your browser Hello friend,  Our latest Voter Vanguard virtual event is coming up soon and we want to make s…
  We The Action · [email protected]
July 10, 2024 at 5:50 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, We hope you’ll be able to join us for our next Voter Vanguard event on July 16 at 3 PM ET, "Vocal Vanguards: Trends and Challenges of the 2024 Election." The program will feature speakers engaged in ensuring free and fair elections, explain…
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June 28, 2024 at 2:49 AM

Volunteer to Protect Democracy in 2024

Volunteer to Protect Democracy in 2024 Join the Voter Vanguard and take action this election cycle View this email in your browser Hi friend, ​​After watching tonight’s presidential debate, it’s clear that the stakes for our democracy…
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June 25, 2024 at 3:10 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Today, we are hosting our next Voter Vanguard training with Bolder Advocacy, a program of Alliance for Justice. We hope you'll join us today, June 25, at 3:00 PM ET. This webinar will explain how lawyers can help organizations build nonpart…
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June 20, 2024 at 5:48 PM

Connect us to your pro bono coordinator!

Connect us to your pro bono coordinator! WTA has a number of tools to help pro bono coordinators. Please share them! View this email in your browser Hi We The Action Volunteer, Love volunteering with We The Action? Connect us to your pr…
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June 18, 2024 at 5:05 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Next week, we are hosting our next Voter Vanguard training with Bolder Advocacy, a program of Alliance for Justice. We hope you'll join us on June 25 at 3:00 PM ET. This webinar will explain how lawyers can help organizations build nonparti…
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June 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, We hope you’ll be able to join us for our next Voter Vanguard training with Bolder Advocacy, a program of Alliance for Justice, on June 25 at 3:00 PM ET. This webinar will explain how lawyers can help organizations build nonpartisan partner…
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June 6, 2024 at 5:27 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have nearly 85 legal projects that need your help: 1—5 HOURS Working Together: Building Nonpartisan Partnerships with 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s We The Action Differen…
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May 31, 2024 at 4:21 PM

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyers Fighting to End Solitary Confinement

Amicus Mundi Award: The Lawyers Fighting to End Solitary Confinement Join us in celebrating our May Amicus Mundi winners, Elise Czuchna and Keli Cochran! Every month, we give the Amicus Mundi Award to outstanding lawyers in our community who exemplify o…
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May 31, 2024 at 12:11 AM

Lawyers have the power to protect democracy

Lawyers have the power to protect democracy You can take action right now. View this email in your browser Dear Friend In recent years, our democracy has faced unprecedented challenges and moments that have undermined faith in American…
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May 29, 2024 at 5:54 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Good afternoon, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have 85 legal projects that need your help: 11—20 HOURS Serve as a Poll Worker! Power The Polls With the 2024 primary elections already underwa…
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May 22, 2024 at 7:04 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Good afternoon, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have 85 legal projects that need your help: 1—5 HOURS Review Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Protea Foundation The purpose of Protea Fou…
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May 14, 2024 at 5:08 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. This week, we are highlighting four important Democracy projects that could use your help! Check out these projects below: 11—20 HOURS Serve as a Poll Worker! Power T…
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April 30, 2024 at 5:48 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. We have nearly 85 legal projects that need your help: 1—5 HOURS Vocal Vanguards: Trends and Challenges of the 2024 Election We The Action Join We The Action on Ma…
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April 26, 2024 at 4:48 PM

Amicus Mundi: The Lawyer Increasing Access to Voting

Amicus Mundi: The Lawyer Increasing Access to Voting Join us in congratulating Roshelle Nagar, our April Amicus Mundi winner! Every month, we give the Amicus Mundi Award to an outstanding lawyer in our community who exemplifies our shared values of serv…
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April 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Happy National Volunteer Week! This week recognizes the profound impact of volunteer service and the remarkable ability of volunteers to advance social justice and empower under-served and marginalized communities. Since 2017, We The Action…
  Katie Waldo, We The Action · [email protected]
April 22, 2024 at 8:44 PM

3 Ways Lawyers Like You Are Making a Difference!

3 Ways Lawyers Like You Are Making a Difference! Happy National Volunteer Week! View this email in your browser Hi friend, Happy National Volunteer Week! This week recognizes the profound impact of volunteer service and the remarkable…
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April 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Good morning, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. Later this month, on April 25 (4pm ET), we will be celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Month with a virtual event to recognize the amazing work of We The Ac…
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April 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM

Lawyers: Here’s how you can help this week!

We The Action Volunteer, Good Afternoon, and welcome to our weekly digest of current volunteer legal projects. Later this month, on April 25 (4pm ET), we will be celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Month with a virtual event to recognize the amazing work of We The …