In recent years, our diversity and pro bono efforts have earned considerable recognition:

  • Kramer Levin received awards for the Disability Program of the Year and for the Social Impact Case of the Year at the 2024 Legal Benchmarking Group’s Social Impact Awards.

  • Kramer Levin is ranked 19th on the American Lawyer’s national Pro Bono Scorecard for 2023, marking the fourth consecutive year the firm has ranked in the top 25. 

  • In Vault’s 2024 Law Firm Rankings, Kramer Levin was named a Top 10 Best Law Firm for Pro Bono and ranked in the Top 20 for wellness, firm culture and overall satisfaction.

  • 2023 National Legal Aid & Defender Association’s Beacon of Justice Award for the firm’s efforts to address issues related to LGBTQ+ rights and/or gender-based equity issues that intersect with racial equity.
  • The firm received top ratings in Chambers Associate’s 2023 associate satisfaction survey for diversity, equity, and inclusion; pro bono; quality of life; overall satisfaction; and career development.

  • Kramer Levin was ranked 2ndfor pro bono program among midsize firms in Law360 Pulse’s 2023 pro bono rankings.
  • Standout Firm in the “Innovation in Equity and Racial Justice” category at the 2022 Innovative Lawyers Awards, presented by the Financial Times.
  • Recipient of the 2022 Honorable Jonathan Lippman New York Pro Bono Publico and Public Service Law Firm Award, presented by the Legal Aid Society.

  • Kramer Levin received the Legal Aid Society’s 2019 Pro Bono Publico Award for The firm was one of two recipients of the 2019 Lawyers Alliance Cornerstone Awards.

  • Kramer Levin was part of an alliance of 44 law firms piloting ideas from the Inaugural Diversity Lab hosted Women in Law Hackathon. The firm has continued work of this initiative through participation in Diversity Lab’s 2024 Hackathon.