Sentences with phrase «bono public interest law firm»

Not exact matches

Gross points out that the program reflects a number of important trends, including (1) A Touch of Conscience (where most companies pay lip service to concerns like global warming or poverty); (2) The New Guilded Age (where fat and happy law firms think nothing of the absurdity of giving students a $ 60 allowance for lunch); (3) Defining Public Service Down (a situation where most people claim interest in community service but don't want the lower incomes that go with it, so they find a win - win situation like doing pro bono at a large firm); and (4) It's Good To Be the King (describing how partners set priorities and realize that the $ 15 lunch is quicker and gets associates back to billing more quickly and spares partners from socializing).

Public interest work does not include: • Government work (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in nPublic interest work does not include: • Government work (even if unpaid), which includes clerking for a judge, or working for a district attorney's office, a public defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in npublic defender's office, or an administrative agency; • Work for a law firm (even if it represents a non-profit organization); • Solo practice (even if it encompasses non-profit work); • Pro bono work that is neither non-profit nor charitable in nature.

increased pro bono work, especially by law firm associates who are «loaned» to legal service and public interest organizations or encouraged to do pro bono during a period of deferred or suspended employment; and

A: The annual award presented each fall at the PBI Annual Dinner recognizes in - house legal departments, in partnership with law firms and / or public interest organizations that demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to pro bono legal service.

PBSC chapters assist public interest organizations, community groups, government agencies, legal clinics, lawyers and law firms working pro bono, and unrepresented litigants in legal matters in and out of Court.

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Our pro bono program has received numerous awards from legal service organizations, including Pro Bono Project, California Lawyers for the Arts, Public Interest Law Firm and the Santa Clara County Bar Associatbono program has received numerous awards from legal service organizations, including Pro Bono Project, California Lawyers for the Arts, Public Interest Law Firm and the Santa Clara County Bar AssociatBono Project, California Lawyers for the Arts, Public Interest Law Firm and the Santa Clara County Bar Association.

The Annual Conference offers dozens of sessions, numerous networking opportunities, and culminates in a reception for in - house, law firm, and public interest participants, celebrating the achievements of extraordinary pro bono practitioners.

Held in Washington, D.C., each spring, the Annual Conference brings together pro bono practitioners from legal departments, law firms, and public interest organizations around pressing issues in pro bono.

In addition to the strategies I already identified, I would also suggest more funding for Legal Aid (something we're seeing here in Ontario), lower tuition for law students, more public interest and pro bono work by major law firms (even as a PR tactic).

The project was generated by PILnet's Global Pro Bono Clearinghouse, which disseminates pro bono opportunities for law firm and in - house lawyers to support the work of public interest lawyers around the woBono Clearinghouse, which disseminates pro bono opportunities for law firm and in - house lawyers to support the work of public interest lawyers around the wobono opportunities for law firm and in - house lawyers to support the work of public interest lawyers around the world.