(23 June, 2017)  Reed Smith’s Global Refugee Protection Project is profiled in the new short movie from Thomson Reuters: No exit: Jordan’s most vulnerable refugees. The documentary features Reed Smith pro bono counsel Jayne Fleming, who leads the firm’s Human Rights Team, as well as Chicago-based partner Duane Sigelko and their teams’ work in Jordan.

Reed Smith’s pro bono Refugee protection work includes operating a mobile legal clinic that provides free legal, psychological and social support to some of the most vulnerable and at-risk refugees in Jordan. Clients include victims of torture incapacitated by trauma, children with life-threatening or degenerative illnesses, and victims of rape or gender-based violence.

Additionally, Reed Smith’s Refugee Protection Project is featured in the accompanying feature article from Thomson Reuters, Tortured and traumatised: Lawyer gives hope to Jordan's most war-scarred refugees

About Reed Smith

Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,700 lawyers in 27 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute-resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, entertainment and media, shipping and transport, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing, technology, and education.

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Europe: Athens, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris

Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Dubai

Asia: Beijing, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Shanghai, Singapore