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15 Dec 2011, 5:35 am
-based global pro bono organization. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 5:35 am
-based global pro bono organization. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 10:35 am
My colleagues and I seek to even the playing field between those litigants who can hire an attorney and those, like Anne, whose entire monthly income could pay for no more than a handful of hours of legal assistance, if that.There are many reasons why attorneys take on pro bono clients: because of an ethical obligation to do so; to gain experience; to help people in need; because it is rewarding. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 4:30 am
You can connect with her on Twitter / Facebook By now I’m sure you’ve heard dozens of different pro bono pitches. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 4:12 pm
Philip Trainer Jr., a corporate litigation attorney with Ashby & Geddes in Wilmington, also resigned this month from the law school’s Board of Overseers. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 11:52 am
My guess, incidentally, is that if a state supreme court wanted to appoint a lawyer to brief and argue this sort of case pro bono (see, e.g., this example from New Jersey) — especially when the case is on an interesting issue and has a relatively compact record — it should have no difficulty finding someone willing to take on such a task, given that a state supreme court argument is usually seen as interesting and prestigious. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 6:47 pm
The pros and cons of a case can not be properly and professionally evaluated if one's judgment is clouded by emotionally charged and negative feelings towards another attorney, that attorney's client, and/or that attorney's case or argument. [read post]
4 May 2011, 1:01 pm
If it appears to the court that the defendant is on active duty, the court is precluded from entering a judgment against the defendant until an attorney is appointed to represent the service-member. [read post]
29 Apr 2011, 2:51 pm
Lawyers have traditionally represented indigent criminal defendants pro bono but much of that duty has been absorbed by The State in the aftermath of Gideon v. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 4:56 am
The fact remains that law firms, even Biglaw, tempers its hunger with substantial pro bono activities. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 12:00 pm
Reed contributes her pro bono services because she believes that attorneys are obligated to use their skills and license to serve those less fortunate. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 10:33 am
It is re-published here with his permission in recognition of Celebrate Pro Bono Week. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 1:18 pm
Berg is a solo practitioner who is also the director of Pro Bono Attorney Activities for the Nassau County Bar Association, which runs a monthly foreclosure clinic. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 4:29 pm
Of course, these responsibilities overlap a lawyer’s recognized ethical obligations. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 5:36 am
Embrace it or move on already.Students at Rutgers School of Law-Camden are helping federal inmates transition into post-prison life as part of a new pro bono effort. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 2:30 am
The comment to proposed Rule 6.1 reads: “Most pro bono service should involve civil proceedings where there is no governmental obligation to provide counsel, given that government must provide indigent representation in most criminal matters for no compensation. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 2:30 am
And as word is spread to the general public regarding an attorney’s obligation to do pro bono work, is it unreasonable to believe that lower-income clients will demand lawyers represent them for free or at sharply reduced rates? [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 9:06 am
“We have made solid progress in offering HAMP trial plans to about 257,000 homeowners and have over 87,000 homeowners in active HAMP trial plans through May 2010. [read post]
10 May 2010, 7:25 am
Most states have adopted some form of suggested or recommend pro bono activity. [read post]
7 May 2010, 1:09 pm
Ragen (1947)); and a pro bono murder appeal involving police misconduct that Stevens successfully handled in the 1950s (People v. [read post]
