Community Service
As community leaders, we are deeply involved in service projects that enhance the lives of our neighbors. Throughout each year our lawyers and staff join together in large numbers to participate in a variety of inspiring community efforts.
The Bancroft School Mentoring Team
- In partnership with Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Delaware, our attorneys and staff mentor and tutor children at The Bancroft School in Wilmington during their lunch hour each week, helping the children realize their potential and feel supported by their community.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
- The firm’s attorneys and staff spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day volunteering together on various community-wide projects, including collecting and distributing much-needed food and supplies to an elementary school, renovating a USO center, repairing and painting an addiction center, and donating and delivering warm clothing, blankets, and food to local homeless shelters.
Emmanuel Dining Room
- Attorneys and staff join together each month at the Ministry of Caring’s Emmanuel Dining Room to serve hot, nutritious lunches to the homeless, at-risk, and working poor in our community.
Ministry of Caring Adopt-A-Child Program
- Each December our attorneys and staff contribute wrapped holiday gifts containing wish-list items for underprivileged youth living in the City of Wilmington.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Our lawyers’ most recent pro bono achievements include:
- Richards, Layton & Finger received the Delaware State Bar Association’s 2019 Christopher W. White Distinguished Access to Justice Leadership Award, given to a law firm that has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of pro bono services to Delaware’s indigent population.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the Delaware State Bar Association’s 2019 Christopher W. White Distinguished Access to Justice Achievement Award, which is presented to a Delaware lawyer who has exemplified an incredible dedication to pro bono work for the underserved populations in Delaware.
- A Richards Layton attorney is the chair for the 2019 Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the 2018 Delaware State Bar Association’s Community Service Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney was awarded the 2016 Order of the First State, the highest honor the Governor of Delaware can bestow, which recognizes individuals who have made a significant impact on the citizens of Delaware.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the 2016 Delaware Barristers Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney was named to the National Association of Professional Women, VIP Woman of the Year Circle 2016.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the 2016 Delaware State Bar Association LGBT Section Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney was named to the National Association of Professional Women, VIP Woman of the Year Circle 2015.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the 2015 American Bar Association’s Jean Allard Glass Cutter Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the Delaware State Bar Association’s 2015 Christopher W. White Distinguished Access to Justice Commitment Award.
A sampling of past honors and recognitions includes:
- A Richards Layton attorney was awarded the National Diversity Council, Leadership Excellence in the Law Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the Pennsylvania Diversity Council, Leadership in Law Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney was selected for the Temple University Beasley School of Law, Gallery of Success.
- Three Richards Layton attorneys were awarded the Delaware Distinguished Service Medal, usually reserved for military personnel, in recognition of their countless hours of valuable pro bono service to assist the Delaware National Guard.
- One of only four award recipients worldwide, Richards, Layton & Finger received the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Award for the North American region for its work with organizations that tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the President’s Award from the Delaware Volunteer Firefighter’s Association for his extensive pro bono work on behalf of Delaware’s volunteer fire and ambulance services.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the Commissioner’s Award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, a prestigious national award honoring one recipient from each state for making an exceptional contribution to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
- Richards, Layton & Finger received the Delaware State Bar Association’s Christopher W. White Distinguished Access to Justice Leadership Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the International Women’s Review Board for Excellence in Law Award.
- A Richards Layton attorney received the YWCA Trailblazer Award.
- An Official Commendation from the Superior Court of Delaware was awarded to a Richards Layton attorney for outstanding dedication to public service and pro bono advocacy work in Mental Health Court.