Word: bonos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Robert L. Hill, Aetna Life and Casualty's assistant vice president for law and public affairs. "But now people are on the `fast track' and say, `too much work to do, have to get ahead, have to pay back student loans.' So they're not doing as much pro bono as they used...
Some, including Steven B. Deutch, pro bono coordinator at Foley, Hoag and Eliot, attribute the plunge in public service to recent societal complacency and "yuppie" attitudes...
...students frequently get involved, but it's not as popular as it was 10 or 15 years ago," says Deutch, who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1974. "When we graduated, we were very interested in pro bono work. But that seems to be less true now, because there's been a societal change. Then, the Vietnam was was closer at hand. Now, more people are satisfied with their economic condition...
...many, those kind of practical disincentives work against the commitment to public service. High loan payments and a lack of experience in common pro bono fields discourage young attorneys from taking the extra effort to provide the poor with legal...
...There are a couple of practical considerations you have to take into account," says Martha N. Murdock, pro bono director for the Massachusetts Bar Association. "Poverty law is not straightforward or uncomplicated, so someone straight out of law school may not have the experience to handle complicated poverty law cases...