Private Lawyers and the Public Interest : The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Pro Bono, the Public Good, and the Legal Profession: An Introduction -- I. PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION THROUGH THE BAR AND LEGAL EDUCATION -- Chapter 2. Shaped by Educational, Professional, and Social Crises: The History of Law Student Pro Bono Service -- Chapter 3. Good Lawyering and Lawyering for the Good: Lawyers' Reflections on Mandatory Pro Bono in Law School -- Chapter 4. Priming for Pro Bono: The Impact of Law School on Pro Bono Participation in Practice -- II. ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON PRO BONO IN LEGAL PRACTICE -- Chapter 5. Lawyers' Pro Bono Service and Market-Reliant Legal Aid -- Chapter 6. Pro Bono as an Elite Strategy in Early Lawyer Careers -- Chapter 7. The Institutionalization of Pro Bono in Large Law Firms: Trends and Variation across the AmLaw 200 -- Chapter 8. Pro Bono and Low Bono in the Solo and Small Law Firm Context -- III. PRO BONO IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SERVICE -- Chapter 9. Between Profit and Principle: The Private Public Interest Firm -- Chapter 10. Issues Entrepreneurs: Charisma, Charisma-Producing Events, and the Shaping of Pro Bono Practice in Large Law Firms -- Chapter 11. The Role of Volunteer Lawyers in Challenging the Conditions of a Local Housing Crisis in Buffalo, NY -- IV. THE FUTURE OF PRO BONO -- Chapter 12. Rethinking the Public in Lawyers' Public Service: Strategic Philanthropy and the Bottom Line -- Chapter 13. Bar Politics and Pro Bono Definitions: The New York Experience -- Chapter 14. Conflating the Good with the Public Good: An Essay -- Chapter 15. State, Market, Philanthropy, and Self-Help as Legal Services Delivery Mechanisms -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Private Lawyers and the Public Interest: The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession explores timely questions about the role of pro bono in the legal profession, the relationship between pro bono ideals and pro bono in practice, and the opportunities and limitations of pro bono in expanding access to justice. The contributing writers explore theoretical, empirical, and practical questions regarding the role of pro bono and public service in the legal profession and in law schools. The research presented not only highlights the increase in pro bono efforts across the legal profession but critically examines the limitations of pro bono work, as well as the potential problems such work may pose to the ideal of achieving greater access to justice.

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