Perspective
Oct. 24, 2009
In Honor of Pro Bono Service
Mark Schickman of the ABA Board of Governors highlights pro bono efforts, to be recognized in the first National Pro Bono Celebration Week.
LEGAL SERVICES
By Mark SchickmanLawyers are by nature problem solvers. One of the most intractable problems that the legal profession has addressed over the past quarter century is the "justice gap" that affects the nearly 50 million Americans who live at or below the federal poverty level. Despite the growing efforts of bar associations across the country, the one statistical constant has been this: 80 percent of the legal needs of Americans of limit...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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