Trump’s crackdown on law firms is chilling the future of pro bono legal work
- Posted on May 7, 2025
- By CNN
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Trump’s crackdown on law firms is chilling the future of pro bono legal work

Amid an aggressive crackdown by the Trump administration against large law firms aligned against him, a worry has set in that types of pro bono legal work, where hundreds of lawyers from large firms mobilize in humanitarian crises, may no longer be politically viable.