What can law firms do to ensure justice for all? How can they serve
the needs of those unable to pay? How can law firms improve the
quality of life for their lawyers? At a time when government
support for legal aid is limited and under fire, when recent U.S.
presidents have urged increased volunteerism, when the American Bar
Association's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge is under way, and when
some within the legal profession have called for mandatory pro bono
work, this new book examines these important questions. The Law
Firm and the Public Good blends academic scholarship with real
world experience as it brings together lawyers who have wrestled
with the pressures of everyday practice. Concerned about deepening
the commitment of large law firms to the wider community, the
authors seek to provide a blueprint for firms concerned with
creating, developing, implementing, and evaluating pro bono
programs. Moving beyond the ethical arguments which justify a law
firm's commitment to community service, the authors argue that pro
bono work is in the firm's self-interest. They show that a
heightened concern with the public good can improve a lawyer's
spirit, sharpen lawyering skills, and enhance the humanistic
traditions of law practice. They conclude that professional
responsibility and self- interest support the same conclusion: that
the law firm and the public good are inextricably linked and that
each can draw strength from the other in ways that nourish both.
The contributors are William A. Bradford, Jr., Hogan & Hartson;
Senior Circuit Judge Frank M. Coffin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit; Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Detroit Edison; Marc
Galanter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Donald W. Hoagland,
Davis, Graham & Stubbs; William C. Kelly, Jr., Latham &
Watkins; Esther F. Lardent, director of the ABA's Law Firm Pro Bono
Project; Edwin L. Noel, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis;
Thomas Palay, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Judge Barrington D.
Parker, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York;
and Lewis F. Powell, III, Hunton & Williams.
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