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Insights and updates for do-gooders

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Issue #001 - June 2025

PRESS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Attorney Alex Booker officially returns to Nonprofits Counsel as Senior Counsel

    September 2, 2025

    After two months consulting with us, Alex has decided to officially join our team as our Senior Counsel after his departure from the U.S. Department of Education. Read his powerful statement on his new chapter on our blog and find his bio here.

  • Nonprofits Counsel opposes Trump pick for U.S. Education's Office of Civil Rights

    August 12, 2025

    With 46 other organizations, we signed onto a letter from the 240-member coalition, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, to oppose the confirmation of Kim Richey as assistant secretary for civil rights. Read the letter here.

  • Managing Attorney and Owner, Lauren Koster, Quoted in NY Times, Releases Statement Resisting Trump Administration's Unlawful Demands of Law Firms

    April 6, 2025

    Read the NY Times article here. Download Lauren’s statement here.

  • Join our team!

    December 23, 2024

    We are searching for an Executive Legal Assistant and have hired mission-driven consultancy, Sidekick for Good, to execute our search. See our job posting here.

  • Lauren A. Koster, Esq., Recognized for Excellence in Legal Services

    December 17, 2024

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