This Skadden Attorney Wants You, Big Law Associate

Calling all associates: A newly formed grant foundation that supports legal aid and litigation-related nonprofits wants your involvement.

Corey Laplante, an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, founded the organization two and a half months ago and it has 106 members and more than $100,000 in contributions.

It costs $1,000 to become a member of The Associates Committee, which distributes the membership fees via grants to non-profits that provide legal services to the homeless, veterans and survivors of domestic violence or that use litigation to make progress on a set of issues such as criminal justice reform and ...