For general media inquiries, please contact mediainquiries@jenner.com.
News
Jenner & Block Secures Trial Victory for Chance the Rapper
News
Recognition
Jenner & Block Named Law Firm of the Year, Earned Additional Honors Across Categories by The American Lawyer 2025 Industry Awards
Recognition
Recognition
Chicago Bar Association Names Jenner & Block Law Firm of the Year
Recognition
All News and Insights
News
Partner Dawn Smalls Speaks at ABA and AALS Deans' Workshops and Development Conference
Jenner & Block Partner Dawn Smalls will present at the Deans' Workshops and Development Conference hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
Partner Dawn Smalls was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL).
Top Takeaways from Jenner & Block’s State Attorney Generals Panel During the DNC
Jenner & Block welcomed four of the nation’s highest-profile state leaders—Attorney General Rob Bonta (CA), Attorney General Leticia James (NY), Attorney General Dana Nessel (MI), and Attorney General Kwame Raoul (IL)—for a conversation around their key initiatives and priorities over the next four years
Recognitions
Partner Dawn Smalls Named a Woman of Influence by Crain's New York Business
Crain's New York Business has named Partner Dawn Smalls to its 2026 Women of Influence list. Dawn is one of only four lawyers recognized on this year's list, which honors leaders across New York's nonprofits, law firms, financial institutions, and public agencies who are reshaping how the city operates and elevating their peers in the process.
Partner Dawn Smalls Named to City & State New York's 40 in Their 40s List
City & State New York named Partner Dawn Smalls to their inaugural 40 in Their 40s list. This recognition highlights 40 New Yorkers in their 40s who are power players in government, advocacy, media, business, and lobbying.
Jenner & Block Partner Dawn Smalls Receives Dorothy Height Champion for Racial Equality Award
Women’s eNews has named Partner Dawn Smalls the 2024 recipient of its Dorothy Height Champion for Racial Equality Award. The award is part of the publication’s ‘21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ series and will be presented at their 24th annual Gala in New York City. Winners were selected “due to the innovative programs and practices they provide to help ensure full equality regardless of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, or abilities.”
Publications
Jenner & Block Partner Dawn Smalls and Associates Illyana Green and Lauren May recently authored the article "Nonprofit Civic Engagement, Election Administration Activities Under Congressional Scrutiny," published in NonProfit PRO, a leading resource for nonprofit management and strategy. In the article, the authors highlight the growing scrutiny from Congress on tax-exempt organizations, particularly 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities, due to their involvement in civic engagement and election adm
Critical Questions Remain After High Court's Abortion Rulings, Law360
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2023-2024 term ended with a flurry of groundbreaking decisions that will have a long-lasting impact on American democracy.Abortion advocates had long awaited the court's rulings in two cases heard this term: U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case involving the FDA's regulation of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in most medication abortions; and Moyle v. U.S., a case concerning whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor A
Client Alert: What’s Next for Mifepristone?
Medication abortions using mifepristone and misoprostol now account for more than half of all abortions performed in the United States today.[1]In the post-Dobbs era, medication abortion is critical to reproductive rights because its accessibility, compared to surgical procedures, generally is not as dependent on geographic proximity to an abortion clinic or hospital. Indeed, distribution via mail, grassroots delivery networks, and online sources make medication abortion both more accessible and
Client Alerts
Non-Profits Targeted Under New Tax Code Proposals
House Bill 9495 (H.R. 9495), a bill passed during the 118th Congress, is legislation worth watching for non-profits and other aid organizations. H.R. 9495 passed the House on November 21, 2024, and if passed during the new Congress, Section 4 of the bill would expand the authority of the Treasury Secretary to now include the authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of “terrorist supporting organizations.” The move to revoke the tax-exempt status of “terrorist supporting” organizations would on
Abortion Enforcement Priorities in the Second Trump Administration
Election Day 2024 provided a mixed landscape for the future of reproductive health care in America. Like the previous state ballot measures that have overwhelmingly passed and increased access to reproductive health care since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in seven out of the ten states decisively voted to protect and expand access to abortion care. On the other hand, Election Day 2024 also saw for the first time voters in three states declining to expand access to abortion
Access to Mifepristone Still Standing for Now, but Questions Remain
On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court issued its decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. Justice Kavanaugh wrote for a unanimous Court dismissing the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine from the case for lack of Article III standing. Justice Thomas joined the Court’s opinion in full but wrote a separate concurrence to address the issue of associational standing. Although the decision has generally been hailed as a victory for reproductive rights, the litigation over access to mifepr
Events
Partner Dawn Smalls Speaks at ABA and AALS Deans' Workshops and Development Conference
Jenner & Block Partner Dawn Smalls will present at the Deans' Workshops and Development Conference hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
Partner Dawn Smalls to Moderate New York City Bar Association Law Day 2024 Discussion
On May 1, celebrate Law Day by joining Partner Dawn Smalls as she moderates a discussion with Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, hosted by the New York City Bar Association.
Sixth Annual Fordham Law Women Symposium, Fordham Law School
On March 7, Partner Dawn Smalls will join the Fordham Law Women Symposium for a panel discussion on creating and sustaining inclusive workplaces in the face of increasing attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.