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Title Private lawyers and the public interest [electronic resource] : the evolving role of pro bono in the legal profession / edited by Robert Granfield, Lynn Mather.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.

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Description xvi, 327 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pro bono, the public good, and the legal professional : an introduction / Robert Granfield and Lynn Mather -- Shaped by educational, professional, and social crises : the history of law student pro bono service / Cynthia Adcock -- Good lawyering and lawyering for the good : lawyers' reflections on mandatory pro bono in law school / Robert Granfield and Philip Veliz -- Priming for pro bono : the impact of law school on pro bono participation in practice / Deborah A. Schmedemann -- Lawyers' pro bono service and market-reliant legal aid / Rebecca L. Sandefur -- Pro bono as an elite strategy in early lawyer careers / Ronit Dinovitzer and Bryant G. Garth -- The institutionalization of pro bono in large law firms : trends and variation across the AmLaw 200 / Steven A. Boutcher -- Pro bono and low bono in the solo and small law firm context / Leslie C. Levin -- Between profit and principle : the private public interest firm / Scott L. Cummings and Ann Southworth -- Issues entrepreneurs : charisma, charisma-producing events, and the shaping of pro bono practice in large law firms / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein -- The role of volunteer lawyers in challenging the conditions of a local housing crisis in Buffalo, NY / James Clarke Gocker -- Rethinking the public in lawyers' public service : strategic philanthropy and the bottom line / Deborah L. Rhode -- Bar politics and pro bono definitions : the New York experience / Cynthia Feathers -- Conflating the good with the public good : an essay / John Henry Schlegel -- State, market, philanthropy, and self-help as legal services delivery mechanisms / Richard L. Abel.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Public interest law -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Granfield, Robert, 1955-
Mather, Lynn M.
ProQuest (Firm)
Spine Title Private lawyers & the public interest
ISBN 9780195386073 (hardback : alk. paper)
0195386078 (hardback : alk. paper)

 
    
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