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Pro Bono

Nov. 4, 2009

The Things We Have

Cristin Zeisler of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips writes that law firms' investment in pro bono has demonstrable payoffs.

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

- HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE

By Cristin Zeisler

Today, more Americans live in poverty than at any time since 1960. Unemployment and incarceration rates are at their highest levels in decades. Funding for some l...

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