Word: publico
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many lawyers also devote time to clients who cannot pay. This is admirable, but not entirely altruistic; they are supposed to do so under the Code of Professional Responsibility. In the late 1960s, idealistic young lawyers persuaded blue chip firms to let them do pro bono publico work, representing indigents on the firms' time at their regular salaries. Moreover, small-town lawyers have long been known to dispense free legal advice or tear up the bill for a strapped client. And school and hospital boards are often populated with lawyers who in addition to getting known around town perform valuable...
...shipped copies of a pamphlet entitled 10 Ways to Take On Your Local Bar Association to 50 consumer groups across the nation. The broadside urges formation of local watchdog units to monitor bar regulations, publication of legal directories with fee information, pressure on law firms for more pro bono publico work, and demands for lay voices in the disciplining of lawyers...