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Article: Federalist Society Study Documents Political Orientation of Pro Bono Work at Nation's Largest Law Firms
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Federalist Society for
Law and Public Policy Studies announces the release of a survey
examining the various kinds of pro bono work that the nation's
largest law firms undertake. This is the first comprehensive survey
to date that studies whether the pro bono work undertaken by
America's largest law firms is politically/ideologically balanced.
Here are some of the report's findings:
-- About 54 percent of the law firms mentioned cases in which
they represented inmates in capital and prisoner rights cases.
-- About 23 percent of the 80 law firms for which data is
available undertake matters concerning civil rights. Only one law