Access to Justice in the New Millennium Achieving the Promise of Pro Bono

Human Rights;  July 1, 2005 ;   Cummings, Scott L;   787 words ......UCLA LAWREVIEW 1 (2004). Pro bono legal services have been profoundly...at least (50) hours of pro bono publico legal services per year." a "substantial...consist of the delivery of legal services on a pro bono basis to persons of limited...

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 5, 2007 ;     675 words ......providing volunteer legal services for the poor...Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, presented the sixth annual Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards...organization's pro bono programs. Ms...volunteered to provide legal services to ...

The Meaning of Pro Bono: Institutional Variations in Professional...

Law & Society Review;  March 1, 2007 ;   Granfield, Robert;   787 words ......finding would imply that pro bono emerges not merely...and incentives for pro bono work. Such a finding...motive for engaging in pro bono work. In this article...on participation in pro bono work among lawyers...that have mandatory pro bono requirements. ...

A practitioner's reflections: the ongoing relevance of the pro bono...

Fordham Urban Law Journal;  May 1, 2004 ;   Tabak, Ronald J.;   787 words ......group have historically done substantially less pro bono, in terms of number of matters and number of...greatly eased the usual concern about mishandling pro bono matters. Indeed, the usual fear of the unknown...biggest single reason why more lawyers do not do pro bono work. That ...

Some Urging State To Require Pro Bono

The Washington Post;  January 7, 1993 ;     345 words ......offering free legal services a success...should make pro bono work mandatory...the Maryland Legal Services Corp. shows that making pro bono work mandatory...in 1987 of legal services offered to...organized pro bono programs and...

Creating Incentives and Facilitating Access: Improving the Level and...

The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics;  January 1, 2008 ;   Lang, Steven;   787 words ......COMPONENTS OF PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS...community-based pro bono immigration...access to basic legal services, meaning programs...access to basic legal services as early as...recruitment of pro bono attorneys, law...

Pro Bono Publico: Voluntary service and mandatory reporting

The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics;  July 1, 2002 ;   Isbell, Kellie; Sawle, Sarah;   787 words ......this Note discusses pro bono service, the need for...arguments for and against a pro bono requirement. Part II...data on the number of pro bono hours lawyers actually...associate salaries on pro bono work. Part III discusses different states' pro bono ...

Lawyers push pro bono Coordinator gives attorneys more casework

The Gazette;  December 25, 2004 ;   DENNIS HUSPENI THE GAZETTE;   502 words ......others." The job of pro bono coordinator used...paralegals at Colorado Legal Services, a federally funded...decimated the pro bono coordinator's...with Colorado Legal Services. "The whole pro...enable the Colorado Legal Services to match ...

Money Is No Substitute for Pro Bono Service

The Washington Post;  January 7, 2006 ;     503 words ......rather than time ["Pro Bono: A Better Alternative...fundamentally flawed. Pro bono service -- volunteer legal assistance provided...complement to the work of legal services and public-interest...their commitment to pro bono service through the Pro ...

Lowenstein Sandler Sets the Standard for Pro Bono Initiatives

New Jersey Business;  May 1, 2006 ;   Birritteri, Anthony;   787 words ......take on cases pro bono. Today, attorneys...providing free legal services "for the public...Lowenstein Sandler's Pro Bono Committee, many...to EssexNewark Legal Services through the Alan...firm works at the Legal Services office in Newark...impact-oriented' ...

Pro bono rule change reporting period began August 1.(Law &...

Mississippi Business Journal;  September 12, 2005 ;   Jeter, Lynne;   618 words ......annual hours of pro bono legal services to low-income people...announces that providing pro bono legal services to the poor is a...payment to help fund legal services programs for the...over the excess pro bono hours for up to...

Pro bono reporting requirements help Maryland lawyers measure up

The Daily Record (Baltimore);  February 16, 2007 ;   Cynthia Dipasquale;   568 words ...Pro bono services were a known...lawyers report their pro bono activities annually...track the amount of pro bono hours that lawyers are...executive director of the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland...gives us a gauge of pro bono services to see ...

Price of pro bono representations: examining lawyers' duties and...

Defense Counsel Journal;  January 1, 2004 ;   Stephens, Helynn;   787 words ......favor of mandatory pro bono obligations begins...The need for legal services, particularly...reason to require pro bono service. Legal services programs are able...provide 40 hours of pro bono service each year...admonition to pro bono ...

Pro bono rule change reporting period began August 1

The Mississippi Business Journal;  September 12, 2005 ;   Jeter, Lynne;   605 words ......annual hours of pro bono legal services to low-income people...announces that providing pro bono legal services to the poor is a...payment to help fund legal services programs for the...over the excess pro bono hours for up to...

Pro bono casework overwhelms lawyers

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  March 23, 2002 ;   Steve Silverman;   626 words ......Prairie State Legal Services managing attorney...who can't afford legal services in noncriminal...of lawyers for pro bono work lacks size...incentive for doing pro bono work is personal...Prairie State Legal Services. The Bloomington...personal rewards of ...