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Law Practice

Nov. 19, 1999

Breaking Barriers to Access -- ABA Is Leading the Way to More Pro Bono by Encouraging Private Support

By David A. Lash In a direct effort to encourage major law firms to increase their pro bono participation, the American Bar Association has issued its "Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge." Under this policy, the ABA exhorts law firms and their individual attorneys to play a leading role in addressing the vast unmet legal needs of the country's elderly, indigent and disabled residents. Though this approach has proven admirable, it could do more.

David A. Lash

Managing Counsel for Pro Bono and Public Services, O'Melveny & Myers LLP

The opinions expressed here are his own.

        By David A. Lash
        
        In a direct effort to encourage major law firms to increase their pro bono participation, the American Bar Association has issued its "Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge." Under this policy, the ABA exhorts law firms and their individual attorneys to play a leading role in addressing the vast unmet legal needs of the...

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