Public Interest
Feb. 21, 2009
Nonprofits Receive Bounty of Out-of-Work Lawyer Volunteers
Nonprofit legal groups are taking in many out-of-work lawyer volunteers as the bleak economy diminishes the job prospects of many freshly graduated attorneys. Nonprofits that have also been hit by financial woes say they could use the help.
Daily Journal Staff Writer OAKLAND - Susan Bowyer was pleased that so many new attorneys this year were interested in donating their time to the International Institute of the Bay Area, the nonprofit legal aid center where she serves as managing attorney. While two recent law school graduates usually stick around for a couple of months before heading off to paid attorney positions, Bowyer now has a solid, full-time group of five vo...
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