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...user fees are not responding wisely or with complete awareness to the implications of the situation. Their moves for radical changes in the fiscal support base of public library service is appalling. almost unbelievable, in fact. Libraries are public institutions and were established for the public good (pro bono publico). It is important, indeed essential, to understand it and know how to handle its arugments...
...Deputy Secretary reportedly has had several lucrative job offers in recent months, but he intends to return soon to his old Los Angeles law firm. One key reason: an agreement with the firm's partners that he will have time for considerable pro bono publico work (cases undertaken gratis for the good of the community). It seems doubtful, though, that Christopher will ever handle a more important, more frustrating or more potentially rewarding pro bono assignment than the case of the American hostages...
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...
Wyman's firm, which needs 15 new lawyers this year, is finding men of Sanders' caliber increasingly difficult to hire. So are many other large, well-established firms. Money is not the problem. Like many of his contemporaries, Sanders is more interested in pro bono publico service; in his case, that means working full-time for a Ford Foundation project that brings lawyers' services to the poor in the Watts ghetto...