On October 6th, Kramer Levin was among thirty-four law firms that received The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) 2010 Beacon of Justice Award, which is presented to firms that have demonstrated "their extraordinary commitment to providing pro bono legal representation in the area of immigration law." Kramer Levin was selected based on several areas of pro bono immigration representations, including the firm's longstanding involvement with international human rights and political asylum work, which, from January 2009 through April 2010, included providing assistance to over forty refugees fleeing persecution and successfully obtaining asylum for twenty clients. The firm was also recognized for its ongoing representation of detainees held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which included the successful filing of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari, granted by the Supreme Court in October 2009, asking it to hear the case of four Uighur prisoners. Also of note was Kramer Levin's involvement with numerous non-profit organizations as pro bono immigration counsel, including American Jewish World Service, Center for Constitutional Rights, Grand Street Settlement House, Immigration Equality, Legal Aid Society of New York and South Brooklyn Legal Services, as well as the firms's pro bono immigration services to a number of individuals, including a Pakistani musician facing persecution based on her sexual orientation, an elderly brain-cancer survivor, and an indigent young mother from Ecuador suffering from cystercicosis.