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McNees offers pro bono legal help to five Black-controlled businesses
Ioannis Pashakis//November 9, 2020
McNees offers pro bono legal help to five Black-controlled businesses
Ioannis Pashakis//November 9, 2020
Harrisburg law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick will be offering pro bono legal services to five black-owned or controlled businesses.
The firm is now taking applications for its new Legal Equity Advancement Program, or LEAP.
The program was created to give businesses that historically lack access to legal services a link to legal assistance through legal services in real estate, employment law and tax, licensing and permitting and more, the company wrote in a statement.
The five businesses chosen for the program will each receive $50,000 of free legal services in 2021. Awardees will also have access to educational opportunities in certain areas of the law.
“LEAP is consistent with McNees’ historical support for diversity initiatives and is intended to break down barriers to legal services and build bridges for black-owned or black-controlled businesses in south central Pennsylvania,” the company wrote.
McNees is based in Harrisburg and operates offices in Columbus, Ohio; Frederick, Maryland; Washington D.C.; and Lancaster, York, State College and Scranton. The firm employs over 130 attorneys.
