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Morrison Foerster has a long-standing commitment to diversity, inclusion, and pro bono work. MoFo+ shares news and thought leadership from our lawyers and their teams who are proud to contribute to the legal profession and the communities we call home.

June 12, 2024 - MoFo Diversity, MoFo Women
Faces of MoFo: Lulu Sun
By: Lulu Sun
Editors’ Note: Read about Lulu Sun, a New York associate in the firm’s Transactions Department, in the latest installment of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series. The most exciting experience I had during college was volunteer teaching. I started by joining one of the
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May 30, 2024 - MoFo Women, MoFo Diversity
Faces of MoFo: Soo Park
By: Soo J. Park
Editors’ Note: Read about Soo Park, a Los Angeles associate in the firm’s Litigation Department, in the latest installment of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series. I love words. Their sounds. Their cadence. How they hum and they sing. I love the way they
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May 29, 2024 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Provides Crucial Assistance to African Orphan Crops Consortium
By: Michael Ward Ph.D., Liz Freeman Rosenzweig Ph.D., Owen Grayson Hosseinzadeh, Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc, Qiwen Zhong Ph.D., Briana Erin Mittleman Ph.D., Deborah A. Pohlmann Ph.D., Abby C. Burrus Ph.D. and Yujia Sun Ph.D.
Morrison Foerster is honored to engage its best-in-class patent practice in a pro bono partnership with the African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) to advance the development of more resilient and more nutritious food crops to support the continent’s population while strengthening its farm economy.
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May 15, 2024 - MoFo Diversity, MoFo Women
Faces of MoFo: Joyce Li
By: Joyce C. Li
Editors’ Note: Read about Joyce Li, a San Francisco associate in the firm’s Litigation Department, in the latest installment of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series. In my first year as an associate, someone told me that to succeed in this job you have
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May 10, 2024 - MoFo Women, MoFo Diversity
Faces of MoFo: Bethany Bengfort
By: Bethany D. Bengfort
Editors’ Note: Read about Bethany Bengfort, a San Francisco associate in the firm’s Litigation Department, in the latest installment of our ongoing Faces of MoFo series. Some of my favorite memories from growing up are of lazy Sunday evenings spent with my family, eating
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May 08, 2024 - MoFo Diversity, MoFo Pro Bono
Empowering Voices: The Story of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music
By: Carrie H. Cohen and Sabreena Khalid
On April 30, 2024, MoFo partner and global co-chair of the Investigations + White Collar Defense practice group Carrie H. Cohen and associate Sabreena Khalid in MoFo’s Finance Group spoke with Lesley Rosenthal , president of the Friends of Afghanistan National Institute of Music
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May 01, 2024 - MoFo Diversity
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May marks the celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. AAPI Heritage Month provides the continued opportunity to recognize and honor the depth and richness of that which makes MoFo truly unique: our people. Throughout the month, we will highlight the
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April 22, 2024 - MoFo Life
MoFo Celebrates Earth Day
On Earth Day, and every day, MoFo is proud to undertake initiatives to advance environmental sustainability and conservation, including our unwavering commitment to providing pro bono legal services to organizations that advance this mission. Highlighted below are just a few organizations, among many, with
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March 22, 2024 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Secures $2 Billion for California Students
Morrison Foerster recently secured at least $2 billion in funding to support California students who fell behind during the COVID-19 pandemic—one of the largest education-related settlements in U.S. history. The funding settles a lawsuit brought on behalf of low-income students in Black and Latinx
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March 22, 2024 - MoFo Pro Bono, MoFo Women
MoFo Lawyers Lead Pro Bono Advocacy for Reproductive Justice in a Post-Dobbs Era
By: Jennifer K. Brown and Jamie A. Levitt
Morrison Foerster has long championed the advancement of women. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization struck down 50 years of precedent that MoFo lawyers, on behalf of our clients, had fought to defend in nearly 20 cases
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