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Celebrate Pro Bono Month

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October is national Pro Bono Month, and the American Bar Association has declared the theme for this year's celebration "Moving Forward in a Post Pandemic World." While there has always been a need for pro bono services in...more

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The Robins Kaplan Spotlight, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 2021 - Pro Bono Publico–For The Public Good

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The new year is a time to reflect on the year past. After 2020, such reflection is perhaps unlike that of prior years. Given everything going on in the world right now, particularly the isolation brought on by the COVID-19...more

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Maximizing Skill Development Through Clinics & Pro Bono Work

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Law school can provide many hands-on opportunities for students to develop legal skills before they enter practice. Two skill-development examples include pro bono work and clinic programs. In this post we discuss the...more

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The Best Time to Start Doing Pro Bono Work? Your First Day.

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Every year around this time, my colleague Erin Meyer and I can be found going through and carefully selecting pro bono opportunities for Proskauer’s incoming first-year associates. Each of them will be assigned a pro bono...more

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Maximizing Access to Justice Through Pro Bono Priorities

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Earlier this month, a Law360 article explored a fundamental—yet often overlooked—question: whether the long-held standard practice of tallying pro bono hours remains “the best way to measure pro bono success.” Though...more

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Accentuate the Positive

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Chief Justice Mark Martin has named 2018 "The Year of Legal Professionalism" in North Carolina. This proclamation will not be the only focus on the professionalism of our lawyers this year, though. Recognition of lawyers with...more

Troutman Pepper

A Response to: 'Forcing Lawyers to Perform Pro Bono Services'

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In his article in Verdict (July 18, 2016), Prof. Ronald Rotunda, responding to comments on pro bono delivered by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at a national conference of the American Law Institute, rightly states...more

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How Pro Bono Contributes to a Successful Career

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One of the essential elements of what makes practicing law a profession ... is the commitment of every lawyer to uphold the law and contribute to access to justice. A Different View - We respectfully suggest that …...more

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Unsexy, Unglamorous Legal Needs Deserve More Pro Bono Attention

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During the time I have been managing Baker Donelson's pro bono programs, I've been impressed and gratified to see lawyers and bar associations and groups across the country step up en masse to tackle some very important...more

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Does Law Firm Pro Bono Come At The Expense Of Paying Clients?

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Pro bono has come a long way in the last decade or two. More and more law firms have effective, structured pro bono programs, and many corporate legal departments either have pro bono programs or are working on developing...more

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Skill Development Through Public Service

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Helping others through pro bono advocacy is not only a professional obligation, but it is also a potent tool for professional growth. Ignore— just for a moment—the hopefully obvious benefits to your community, the legal...more

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