Partners Without Borders

McCarthy Tétrault announced recently that they are the first firm to join Partners Without Borders with Avocats Sans Frontieres in Quebec.

The organization was founded in 1992 in Belgium, and founded the Quebec chapter in 2002.

The news release states,

By becoming the first major Canadian law firm to be granted the status of “Partner without Borders,” McCarthy Tétrault continues its long tradition of providing pro bono legal services and community outreach.

LawIsCool has previously mentioned McCarthy Tétrault as the 2006 winners of the Canadian Pro Bono Awards, and is pleased to see them continue their support of such initiatives.

Jordan Furlong says on Law21,

Any law firm worth its charter has always been active in its community, of course, but in this age of megafirms with global reach, we’re starting to see super-national firms display a truly remarkable degree of involvement in issues and organizations that transcend the usual local undertakings. Check out DLA Piper, whose New Perimeter project is an incredible piece of work: a worldwide pro bono initiative that has seen 13,000 lawyer hours contributed to, inter alia, drafting new judicial laws in Kosovo, restructuring a micro-lending project, developing a worldwide food bank system and creating a human rights center in southern Africa. This is work on the scale of the CBA’s sterling International Development Committee, but supported by a for-profit firm rather than a non-profit association.

LawIsCool interviewed Jordan previously on the CBA and its benefits to students.

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1 Comment on "Partners Without Borders"

  1. Please note, the description provided above, with projects etc., is quoted from the website of USA Headquartered: Lawyers Without Borders, not AsF (Avocats sans Frontieres). “Lawyers Without Borders” is a registered trademark (in USA and Canada) of Lawyers Without Borders Inc., headquartered in Hartford CT USA. There is no connection between the two groups. Please correct the article above to remove the reference to “lawyers without borders” and modify the descriptive material. Thanks kindly.


    Law is Cool: Apparently there is no equivalency between the two as there is with MSF and Doctors Without Borders. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

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