Pro bono, pro business

Smart Business Philadelphia;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......reason to do business with a law firm. Pro bono, legal counsel is paying off for Blank...representation, says Kathy Ochroch, associate and pro bono, director for Blank Rome. "As attorneys...others. There is such a great need for pro bono services and, as lawyers, we have a unique...

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

Law & Society Review;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Recent data on lawyer participation in pro bono have suggested that such work flows from the...workplace characteristics of those who provide pro bono service. This finding would imply that pro bono emerges not merely from individual personality...

COMPOST TEA POTENTIAL IS STILL BREWING

BioCycle;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Pennsylvania to evaluate the use of compost tea in agricultural production systems...potato, grape, and pumpkin crops. While compost tea has been known and used for centuries...burlap bag in a bucket of water. Aerated compost tea brewers now allow the teas to be made...

COMPOST TEA RECOMMENDATIONS ISSUED BY NATIONAL ORGANICS STANDARDS BOARD

BioCycle;  May 1, 2004 ;     435 words ......National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Compost Tea Task Force. According to a report by...to increase microbial population of compost tea creates a "too hospitable environment...strains of E. coli and Salmonella." The Compost Tea Task Force has set up separate, more...

Understanding compost tea

BioCycle;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......evaluating anticipated benefits from applying compost tea, whose performance depends on its preparation...microbiology, storage and application methods. COMPOST TEA describes many different preparations...available equipment made to produce compost tea. New ideas abound on how to ...

THE PRO BONO DILEMMA BOSTON'S LAWYERS PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THE WORK THEY DO...

The Boston Globe;  March 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Boston's other largest law firms, balancing pro bono legal services with money-making work...lawyer who approaches 150 hours a year of pro bono work to meet with a supervisor to discuss...guideline, which will create a uniform pro bono policy following a merger, is a management...

Inaugural Attorney General's Pro Bono Award presented in honour of the...

M2 Presswire;  September 27, 2004 ;     602 words ......Government: Inaugural Attorney General's Pro Bono Award presented in honour of the late...presented the inaugural Attorney General's Pro Bono Award to the College of Law. The Award...significant achievements and contributions to pro bono by staff and students at higher education...

Pro Bono Is No Pro Forma Matter for District's Hogan & Hartson

The Washington Post;  May 20, 1991 ;     700+ words ......at Hogan & Hartson to figure out where pro bono ranks at D.C.'s second-largest law firm...interested in participating in one or more pro bono projects in the near future?" it asks...unusual, 21-year-old program that gives pro bono the same status as the firm's other practice...

SEC WINS FIRST-EVER FEDERAL AGENCY PRO BONO LEADERSHIP AWARD

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 24, 2007 ;     580 words ......will receive the inaugural Federal Agency Pro Bono Leadership Award tomorrow for its outstanding...in need. The award from the Interagency Pro Bono Working Group is the federal government's highest honor for efforts to promote pro bono service by employees. "The SEC has a ...

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

Fordham Urban Law Journal;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION The pro bono response to the horrendous events of 9/11...plus the spillover effects of 9/11-related pro bono efforts, all have great significance to efforts to increase regular pro bono activities. I. GREATLY INCREASED INVOLVEMENT...

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

Human Rights;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......following article is adapted from The Politics of Pro Bono. 52 UCLA LAWREVIEW 1 (2004). Pro bono legal services have been profoundly transformed...twenty-five years. For most of American legal history, pro bono was provided informally, frequently by solo...

Recommendations for a Safer Compost Tea.

M2 Presswire;  September 21, 2006 ;     403 words ......2006-US ARS: Recommendations for a Safer Compost Tea(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21092006 Compost tea is a brew favored by many organic growers...Now new recommendations for making compost tea are being offered, thanks, in part...

Providing pro bono services remain priority.(Ohio law firms, law...

Crain's Cleveland Business;  June 18, 2001 ;     582 words ......the responsibility to provide quality pro bono services to clients in need rests squarely...ever adjusted its attitude or approach to pro bono work based on general economic conditions...American Bar Association's committee on pro bono and public service in Chicago, said Ohio...

Belly up to the bar, begonias, and have a nice cuppa compost tea

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 10, 2002 ;     691 words ......And if green tea can do for us what compost tea does for plants, we'd be wise to substitute...during both morning and afternoon breaks. Compost tea is made by steeping compost, or composted...your plants. When applied to the soil, compost tea acts like a multi-vitamin tablet for...

'pro bono' worth it, but portect yourself.

The Boston Herald;  June 23, 1997 ;     487 words ...'Pro bono' work can be a worthwhile and cost-effective...seeking opportunities for self-promotion, pro bono work is a great idea as long as you protect...the legal field. I am currently doing 'pro bono' work for a local bar association. In exchange...