Word: firming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lawsuit that touched off one of Boston's most controversial political battles in the last 20 years originated as a pro bono case accepted by a corporate law firm...
Attorneys at Foley, Hoag and Eliot, a large Boston firm, took on the landmark school desegregation case that has dominated the Boston political agenda since 1974. And they took it free of charge, says one of the firm's lawyers, because they were concerned about the "impact on the community where that discrimination took place...
...attorneys for that firm and others wonder why new law school graduates don't show that kind of commitment...
...experiences derived from clinical work have an strong impact on lawyers--and consequently on the firms they join--whether or not they enter public service jobs or do pro bono work on the side," says Daniel L. Greenberg, director of Harvard's clinical programs. "They can have an important effect on a firm's pro bono commitment...
This summer, Rep. Ronald Dellums (D-Calif.) called for a Pentagon investigation into the Israeli defense firm Tadiran. Dellums said he suspected that the firm had business ties with South Africa, despite an international ban. If these allegations proved true, Dellums said the Pentagon should void its multimillion-dollar defense contract with Tadiran...