Lawyers Urged to Take on More Pro Bono Work to Offset Increase in Demand for Legal Services

As the nation’s economy continues to lag and more and more people are heading to the courts without counsel, lawyers are being urged to take on more pro bono cases. Legal Services Corp. plans to make recommendations next month about how to get more lawyers involved in providing free legal…

Aug 20, 2012 8:45 PM CDT

Upward and Onward: ABA Initiatives Continue to Educate and Inspire

Aug 1, 2012 9:00 AM CDT

Attorneys for the Damned: ABA Project Marks 25 Years of Providing Counsel to Death Row Inmates

Jul 1, 2012 6:20 AM CDT

Lawyers Giving Back

Jul 1, 2012 5:40 AM CDT

Help in KIND: Group Guides Pro Bono Attorneys Serving Unaccompanied Child Immigrants

Jun 1, 2012 9:50 AM CDT

The Good Gift: Check Out the Charity You Use

Jun 1, 2012 7:00 AM CDT

Lawyers Giving Back

Jun 1, 2012 6:20 AM CDT

In-House Lawyers Provide Pro Bono; One Effort Upgrades Tech for Legal Aid Groups

Several major corporations are creating structured pro bono programs and setting benchmarks for contributions by their legal staffers. At the Pro Bono Institute’s annual conference last month, lawyers from 80 companies attended a training session, the Washington Post reports. The story profiles one project that will digitize legal files for…

May 9, 2012 10:30 AM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Bloggers Sound Off on New 50-Hour Pro Bono Prerequisite for NY Law License

Lawyer-bloggers had a lot to say about New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s Law Day announcement that would-be lawyers will have to perform 50 hours of pro bono before they can get a law license—the general sentiment being that it is a plan that has flaws. Washington, D.C., solo Carolyn…

May 4, 2012 1:30 PM CDT

Another Hurdle for Would-Be Lawyers in New York: 50 Hours of Pro Bono

New York’s chief judge has announced a new requirement: Would-be lawyers will have to perform 50 hours of pro bono before they can get a law license. New York will be the first state with the pro bono requirement, the New York Times reports. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said the…

May 2, 2012 11:55 AM CDT

Dream Realized: Law Grad Sets Up Free Legal Clinics in Chicago Public Schools

May 1, 2012 8:40 AM CDT

Clinical Care: Lawyer Left the Partner Track to Help the Indigent

May 1, 2012 7:30 AM CDT

Lawyers Giving Back

May 1, 2012 5:50 AM CDT

ABA President Opposes Congressional Committee Plan to ‘Eliminate’ Legal Services Corp. Budget

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Republican Study Committee’s plan to “eliminate the Legal Services Corporation” in the nation’s fiscal year 2013 budget is “remarkably shortsighted,” says ABA President William T. (Bill) Robinson III in a written statement on Wednesday, citing help that the LSC provides annually in nearly 1 million…

Mar 28, 2012 10:10 PM CDT

Wiley Rein Co-Founder Takes on Two Cases Pushed by Foundation Opposing Preferences

Antitrust litigator Bert Rein will be arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time when he represents Abigail Fisher in a case challenging race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas. Rein, the co-founder of Wiley Rein, took the case after he was approached by Edward Blum, who runs…

Mar 5, 2012 4:28 PM CST