https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/06/this-startup-streamlines-the-pro-bono-work-of-lawyers-including-those-fighting-for-immigrants-at-the-border/

Felicity Conrad and Kristen Sonday were on very different paths until three years ago. Conrad was an associate at the powerhouse law firm Skadden Arps. Meanwhile, Kristen Sonday, a Princeton grad and the first person in her family to go to college, was reflecting on the several years she’d spent with the U.S. Department of Justice in Mexico City, working to extradite fugitives.

As it happens, both were coming to similar conclusions about the U.S. legal system, including that it’s especially challenging for people who don’t speak English. For Conrad, an opportunity to litigate a pro bono asylum case would set her on a path of wanting to do more for people seeking persecution from their own countries. For Sonday, the experience of working with foreign governments had a similar impact.