We are dedicated to helping individuals and communities at the margins of society reach greater levels of self-sufficiency.
Founded in 2015, the Clinic serves as a support network meant to increase attorney awareness, knowledge and engagement on pro bono immigration matters, and to inspire more attorneys to take on pro bono immigration matters and feel less daunted by the process.
Established to provide free legal name change services to low-income transgender people seeking to have their legal identities match their lived experience. Clients who receive assistance from the Clinic are referred by Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Our Women’s Leadership Initiative’s (WLI) Housing Clinic works with The Legal Aid Society to help women living in public housing in New York City who are being threatened with termination of their tenancy.
Cadwalader’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion’s Civil Rights Series is a unique program that consists of events that highlight civil rights issues featuring notable individuals and organizations at the forefront of today’s civil rights movement.
A number of our attorneys are making a difference by serving in leadership roles with various, diverse organizations dedicated to justice for all.
serves on the board of
National LGBTQ Task Force
and Pauli Murray LGBTQ+ Bar
Association