Full-time do-gooders a rarity but on the rise; only 11 firms employ full-time pro bono counsel, but such work should increase as firms respond to Legal Services cuts
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Full-time pro bono lawyers are rare but should become more common as private law firms respond to cuts in the Legal Services Corp. According to the ABA, only 11 major private firms have such a position, although that number may increase as the private sector tries to make up for cuts at the Legal Services Corp. Most of the full-time pro bono attorney's tasks are administrative and status within the firm's hierarchy can be ambiguous. Several such attorneys mention constantly having to prove the value of their position within the firm. However, such attorneys are uniquely placed to strengthen the bond between the public and private sector.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Three firms seek cyber solutions; D.C. firms find varied ways to satisfy client demands
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Law firms who decide to automation do so in different ways, and three Washington, DC firms, Arnold and Porter, McKenna and Cuneo, and Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin and Kahn are cases in point. Arnold and Porter went from its proprietary system to a Lotus Notes system which allowed the sharing of information by clients and lawyers. Arent Fox had to make its switch to a new system from a keyboard- to a mouse-oriented system in 45 days, while McKenna and Cuneo envisions a package of Internet access, Intranet, mobile desktop and perhaps videoconferencing.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1997
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Pro bono, pro tech: not-for-profit sector needs to get wired soon
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The promise of easy communications amongst the various attorneys doing pro bono work is one of the incentives to the not-for-profit sector to get wired. Unnecessary duplication of manuals and other work product, which if published electronically could be shared, is yet another incentive to public service attorneys to spend the resources necessary to join the information age. As always in the not-for-profit legal sector, competing demands for scarce resources are a limiting factor.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1997
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