Comments on: Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono http://myshingle.com/2006/01/articles/pro-bono/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/ Great Things Come in Small [Law] Practices! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lawmom http://myshingle.com/2006/01/articles/pro-bono/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 lawmom Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:30:52 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/395/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/#comment-1213 It doesn't just make big law firms look and feel good to have associates perform pro bono work. Many big firms use pro bono work as a training ground to get litigation associates in the courtroom. For some biglaw lawyers, the only time they will see the inside of the courthouse is when they represent a pro bono client on a divorce case. I have several colleagues at big "litigation" firms whose only jury trials to verdict are for pro bono clients. It doesn’t just make big law firms look and feel good to have associates perform pro bono work. Many big firms use pro bono work as a training ground to get litigation associates in the courtroom. For some biglaw lawyers, the only time they will see the inside of the courthouse is when they represent a pro bono client on a divorce case. I have several colleagues at big “litigation” firms whose only jury trials to verdict are for pro bono clients.

]]> By: lawmom http://myshingle.com/2006/01/articles/pro-bono/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/comment-page-1/#comment-5630 lawmom Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:30:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/395/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/#comment-5630 It doesn't just make big law firms look and feel good to have associates perform pro bono work. Many big firms use pro bono work as a training ground to get litigation associates in the courtroom. For some biglaw lawyers, the only time they will see the inside of the courthouse is when they represent a pro bono client on a divorce case. I have several colleagues at big "litigation" firms whose only jury trials to verdict are for pro bono clients. It doesn’t just make big law firms look and feel good to have associates perform pro bono work. Many big firms use pro bono work as a training ground to get litigation associates in the courtroom. For some biglaw lawyers, the only time they will see the inside of the courthouse is when they represent a pro bono client on a divorce case. I have several colleagues at big “litigation” firms whose only jury trials to verdict are for pro bono clients.

]]> By: Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs http://myshingle.com/2006/01/articles/pro-bono/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:59:49 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/395/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/#comment-1215 <strong>What, you want pro bono results? I'm busy saving my own soul here ...</strong> In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend. What, you want pro bono results? I’m busy saving my own soul here …

In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend.

]]> By: Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs http://myshingle.com/2006/01/articles/pro-bono/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/comment-page-1/#comment-5632 Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:59:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/395/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/#comment-5632 <strong>What, you want pro bono results? I'm busy saving my own soul here ...</strong> In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend. What, you want pro bono results? I’m busy saving my own soul here …

In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend.

]]> By: Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs http://myshingle.com/2006/01/articles/pro-bono/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:55:50 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/395/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/#comment-1214 <strong>What, you want pro bono results? I'm busy saving my own soul here ...</strong> In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend. What, you want pro bono results? I’m busy saving my own soul here …

In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend.

]]> By: Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs http://myshingle.com/2006/01/articles/pro-bono/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/comment-page-1/#comment-5631 Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:55:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/395/business-as-usual-when-it-comes-to-pro-bono/#comment-5631 <strong>What, you want pro bono results? I'm busy saving my own soul here ...</strong> In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend. What, you want pro bono results? I’m busy saving my own soul here …

In Business As Usual When It Comes to Pro Bono, Carolyn Elefant takes aim at a recent op-ed by Lardent of the BigLaw funded Pro Bono Institute to the Washington Post about an op-ed article that ran over the weekend.

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