A network of thousands of lawyers will offer free legal support after recent and “unprecedented” levels of concern from federal employees on their legal rights.
April 16, 2025 7:13 pm
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Federal employees who were recently fired from their jobs by the Trump administration have a new place to turn for pro-bono legal advice.
A coalition of good government organizations and federal unions has launched an initiative called “Rise Up,” a network of thousands of lawyers who will offer free legal support to employees impacted by the Trump administration’s recent actions to overhaul the federal workforce.
The project is led by Democracy Forward, AFL-CIO and We The Action, and has the backing of multiple federal unions and long-time good government organizations, such as the Partnership for Public Service.
Rob Shriver, managing director of the Civil Service Strong program at Democracy Forward, said the project came as a result of the recent and “unprecedented” level of concern from federal employees on their legal rights.
“We’ve never seen it at this scope before,” Shriver, former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, said in an interview. “With the normal mechanisms for helping feds out, like going to their union representatives or going to federal employment law firms, the volume was too high for that normal support system to manage.”
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