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...
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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