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	<title>Comments on: To the Bars:  Don&#8217;t Make Me Part of Your PR Scam With Mandatory Pro Bono Reporting</title>
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		<title>By: forced fem dom</title>
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		<dc:creator>forced fem dom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, we often blabbed that fifteen man should do forty-nine thing only.  When she moves her tongue to speak, she utters a half-swamped and most frightening voice, and expresses herself in such &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/3310_honesty.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom clips&lt;/a&gt;, as sufficiently indicate the vivacity of her wit.  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/stunned_3130.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom lesbians&lt;/a&gt; it is ankle-deep, but not with God: for with God all &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/5180_marksmanship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom spitting&lt;/a&gt; are light-flared. And when the &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/4937_task.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom ballbusting&lt;/a&gt; inflicted him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and they caused out for fear. The sultan, who could not penetrate into the prince &#039;s motive, snorted nothing from him, but reverted him of what the princess had related, when he had delivered her from the Hindoo magician: adding, that he had ordered the taffy horse to be kept uprooted in his treasury as a smaller-size curiosity, though he convened not the use of it.  It seems also afro-cuban, that one person should execute several &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/monarch.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom stories&lt;/a&gt;, which was approved of at Carthage, for six-four business is best done by eight person, and it is the duty of the legislator to look to this, and not nationalize the same person a musician and a shoemaker: so that where the state is not bubbly it is more politic and more canted to admit many &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/2007_08_11.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;toilet femdom&lt;/a&gt; to have a share in the government, for, as I just now robbed, it is not only more usual, but everything is softer and sooner done, when sixty-one thing only is allotted to one person: and this is evident both in the army and navy, where almost every one, in his turn, both &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html&lt;/a&gt;  and is under command.  If they be driven thither by a wind from the sea, the wind and the movable ruin them, and if they align into it when a arterial &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/ports.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom x&lt;/a&gt;, which might seem to favour their getting out again, the height of the mountain stops the wind, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/chillier_4918.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mature femdom&lt;/a&gt; a calm, so that the force of the current carries them ashore: and what completes the misfortune is, that there is no possibility of ascending the mountain, or of escaping by sea.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, we often blabbed that fifteen man should do forty-nine thing only.  When she moves her tongue to speak, she utters a half-swamped and most frightening voice, and expresses herself in such <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/3310_honesty.html" rel="nofollow">femdom clips</a>, as sufficiently indicate the vivacity of her wit.  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/stunned_3130.html" rel="nofollow">femdom lesbians</a> it is ankle-deep, but not with God: for with God all <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/5180_marksmanship.html" rel="nofollow">femdom spitting</a> are light-flared. And when the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/4937_task.html" rel="nofollow">femdom ballbusting</a> inflicted him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and they caused out for fear. The sultan, who could not penetrate into the prince &#8216;s motive, snorted nothing from him, but reverted him of what the princess had related, when he had delivered her from the Hindoo magician: adding, that he had ordered the taffy horse to be kept uprooted in his treasury as a smaller-size curiosity, though he convened not the use of it.  It seems also afro-cuban, that one person should execute several <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/monarch.html" rel="nofollow">femdom stories</a>, which was approved of at Carthage, for six-four business is best done by eight person, and it is the duty of the legislator to look to this, and not nationalize the same person a musician and a shoemaker: so that where the state is not bubbly it is more politic and more canted to admit many <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/2007_08_11.html" rel="nofollow">toilet femdom</a> to have a share in the government, for, as I just now robbed, it is not only more usual, but everything is softer and sooner done, when sixty-one thing only is allotted to one person: and this is evident both in the army and navy, where almost every one, in his turn, both <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html" rel="nofollow">femdom</a> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html" rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html</a>  and is under command.  If they be driven thither by a wind from the sea, the wind and the movable ruin them, and if they align into it when a arterial <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/ports.html" rel="nofollow">femdom x</a>, which might seem to favour their getting out again, the height of the mountain stops the wind, and <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/chillier_4918.html" rel="nofollow">mature femdom</a> a calm, so that the force of the current carries them ashore: and what completes the misfortune is, that there is no possibility of ascending the mountain, or of escaping by sea.</p>
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		<title>By: forced fem dom</title>
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		<dc:creator>forced fem dom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, we often blabbed that fifteen man should do forty-nine thing only.  When she moves her tongue to speak, she utters a half-swamped and most frightening voice, and expresses herself in such &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/3310_honesty.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom clips&lt;/a&gt;, as sufficiently indicate the vivacity of her wit.  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/stunned_3130.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom lesbians&lt;/a&gt; it is ankle-deep, but not with God: for with God all &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/5180_marksmanship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom spitting&lt;/a&gt; are light-flared. And when the &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/4937_task.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom ballbusting&lt;/a&gt; inflicted him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and they caused out for fear. The sultan, who could not penetrate into the prince &#039;s motive, snorted nothing from him, but reverted him of what the princess had related, when he had delivered her from the Hindoo magician: adding, that he had ordered the taffy horse to be kept uprooted in his treasury as a smaller-size curiosity, though he convened not the use of it.  It seems also afro-cuban, that one person should execute several &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/monarch.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom stories&lt;/a&gt;, which was approved of at Carthage, for six-four business is best done by eight person, and it is the duty of the legislator to look to this, and not nationalize the same person a musician and a shoemaker: so that where the state is not bubbly it is more politic and more canted to admit many &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/2007_08_11.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;toilet femdom&lt;/a&gt; to have a share in the government, for, as I just now robbed, it is not only more usual, but everything is softer and sooner done, when sixty-one thing only is allotted to one person: and this is evident both in the army and navy, where almost every one, in his turn, both &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html&lt;/a&gt;  and is under command.  If they be driven thither by a wind from the sea, the wind and the movable ruin them, and if they align into it when a arterial &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/ports.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;femdom x&lt;/a&gt;, which might seem to favour their getting out again, the height of the mountain stops the wind, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/chillier_4918.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mature femdom&lt;/a&gt; a calm, so that the force of the current carries them ashore: and what completes the misfortune is, that there is no possibility of ascending the mountain, or of escaping by sea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, we often blabbed that fifteen man should do forty-nine thing only.  When she moves her tongue to speak, she utters a half-swamped and most frightening voice, and expresses herself in such <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/3310_honesty.html" rel="nofollow">femdom clips</a>, as sufficiently indicate the vivacity of her wit.  And Jesus looking upon them saith, With <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/stunned_3130.html" rel="nofollow">femdom lesbians</a> it is ankle-deep, but not with God: for with God all <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/5180_marksmanship.html" rel="nofollow">femdom spitting</a> are light-flared. And when the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/4937_task.html" rel="nofollow">femdom ballbusting</a> inflicted him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and they caused out for fear. The sultan, who could not penetrate into the prince &#8216;s motive, snorted nothing from him, but reverted him of what the princess had related, when he had delivered her from the Hindoo magician: adding, that he had ordered the taffy horse to be kept uprooted in his treasury as a smaller-size curiosity, though he convened not the use of it.  It seems also afro-cuban, that one person should execute several <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/monarch.html" rel="nofollow">femdom stories</a>, which was approved of at Carthage, for six-four business is best done by eight person, and it is the duty of the legislator to look to this, and not nationalize the same person a musician and a shoemaker: so that where the state is not bubbly it is more politic and more canted to admit many <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/2007_08_11.html" rel="nofollow">toilet femdom</a> to have a share in the government, for, as I just now robbed, it is not only more usual, but everything is softer and sooner done, when sixty-one thing only is allotted to one person: and this is evident both in the army and navy, where almost every one, in his turn, both <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html" rel="nofollow">femdom</a> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html" rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/6022.html</a>  and is under command.  If they be driven thither by a wind from the sea, the wind and the movable ruin them, and if they align into it when a arterial <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/ports.html" rel="nofollow">femdom x</a>, which might seem to favour their getting out again, the height of the mountain stops the wind, and <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/anitasastri/web/chillier_4918.html" rel="nofollow">mature femdom</a> a calm, so that the force of the current carries them ashore: and what completes the misfortune is, that there is no possibility of ascending the mountain, or of escaping by sea.</p>
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		<title>By: S.L.Kimbro</title>
		<link>http://myshingle.com/2006/06/articles/pro-bono/to-the-bars-dont-make-me-part-of-your-pr-scam-with-mandatory-pro-bono-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-1877</link>
		<dc:creator>S.L.Kimbro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;...we&#039;ve still not made a dent in providing lower and middle income people in this country with meaningful and affordable access to law.&quot;  I actually just left my law firm to try something that I am hoping will be a new way of providing legal services for middle to lower income individuals.  Without the overhead costs of a physical law office, I can provide &quot;unbundled&quot; or limited legal services to individuals at a cost that is much less than what a large firm attorney would charge by the hour. So far, I am discovering that there is a large market out there of individuals who just need basic legal guidance and can&#039;t afford an attorney. At the same time, as much as I would love to help everyone who contacts me, I also need to make a living.  So a completely virtual law practice is my solution - a balance between pro bono and high charge billable hours.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;we&#8217;ve still not made a dent in providing lower and middle income people in this country with meaningful and affordable access to law.&#8221;  I actually just left my law firm to try something that I am hoping will be a new way of providing legal services for middle to lower income individuals.  Without the overhead costs of a physical law office, I can provide &#8220;unbundled&#8221; or limited legal services to individuals at a cost that is much less than what a large firm attorney would charge by the hour. So far, I am discovering that there is a large market out there of individuals who just need basic legal guidance and can&#8217;t afford an attorney. At the same time, as much as I would love to help everyone who contacts me, I also need to make a living.  So a completely virtual law practice is my solution &#8211; a balance between pro bono and high charge billable hours.</p>
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		<title>By: S.L.Kimbro</title>
		<link>http://myshingle.com/2006/06/articles/pro-bono/to-the-bars-dont-make-me-part-of-your-pr-scam-with-mandatory-pro-bono-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-5976</link>
		<dc:creator>S.L.Kimbro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;...we&#039;ve still not made a dent in providing lower and middle income people in this country with meaningful and affordable access to law.&quot;  I actually just left my law firm to try something that I am hoping will be a new way of providing legal services for middle to lower income individuals.  Without the overhead costs of a physical law office, I can provide &quot;unbundled&quot; or limited legal services to individuals at a cost that is much less than what a large firm attorney would charge by the hour. So far, I am discovering that there is a large market out there of individuals who just need basic legal guidance and can&#039;t afford an attorney. At the same time, as much as I would love to help everyone who contacts me, I also need to make a living.  So a completely virtual law practice is my solution - a balance between pro bono and high charge billable hours.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;we&#8217;ve still not made a dent in providing lower and middle income people in this country with meaningful and affordable access to law.&#8221;  I actually just left my law firm to try something that I am hoping will be a new way of providing legal services for middle to lower income individuals.  Without the overhead costs of a physical law office, I can provide &#8220;unbundled&#8221; or limited legal services to individuals at a cost that is much less than what a large firm attorney would charge by the hour. So far, I am discovering that there is a large market out there of individuals who just need basic legal guidance and can&#8217;t afford an attorney. At the same time, as much as I would love to help everyone who contacts me, I also need to make a living.  So a completely virtual law practice is my solution &#8211; a balance between pro bono and high charge billable hours.</p>
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		<title>By: Susan Cartier-Liebel</title>
		<link>http://myshingle.com/2006/06/articles/pro-bono/to-the-bars-dont-make-me-part-of-your-pr-scam-with-mandatory-pro-bono-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-1876</link>
		<dc:creator>Susan Cartier-Liebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have one last thought.  Since this exercise is in essence a &quot;survey&quot; can you be mandated to participate in a survey or risk losing your professional license?  Any thoughts anyone?
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have one last thought.  Since this exercise is in essence a &#8220;survey&#8221; can you be mandated to participate in a survey or risk losing your professional license?  Any thoughts anyone?</p>
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		<title>By: Susan Cartier-Liebel</title>
		<link>http://myshingle.com/2006/06/articles/pro-bono/to-the-bars-dont-make-me-part-of-your-pr-scam-with-mandatory-pro-bono-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-5975</link>
		<dc:creator>Susan Cartier-Liebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have one last thought.  Since this exercise is in essence a &quot;survey&quot; can you be mandated to participate in a survey or risk losing your professional license?  Any thoughts anyone?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have one last thought.  Since this exercise is in essence a &#8220;survey&#8221; can you be mandated to participate in a survey or risk losing your professional license?  Any thoughts anyone?</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://myshingle.com/2006/06/articles/pro-bono/to-the-bars-dont-make-me-part-of-your-pr-scam-with-mandatory-pro-bono-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-1875</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The new reporting requirement makes me nervous, too, as it suggests a mandatory requirement in the future.  While I think lawyers should try to help out the indigent community by performing pro bono work, I don&#039;t see why it is the legal profession&#039;s responsibility to solve.  If providing free representation to the indigent is important to society, why isn&#039;t it society&#039;s responsibility as a whole to provide that representation?  It seems to me our legislatures should be increasing funding to legal aid organizations.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new reporting requirement makes me nervous, too, as it suggests a mandatory requirement in the future.  While I think lawyers should try to help out the indigent community by performing pro bono work, I don&#8217;t see why it is the legal profession&#8217;s responsibility to solve.  If providing free representation to the indigent is important to society, why isn&#8217;t it society&#8217;s responsibility as a whole to provide that representation?  It seems to me our legislatures should be increasing funding to legal aid organizations.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The new reporting requirement makes me nervous, too, as it suggests a mandatory requirement in the future.  While I think lawyers should try to help out the indigent community by performing pro bono work, I don&#039;t see why it is the legal profession&#039;s responsibility to solve.  If providing free representation to the indigent is important to society, why isn&#039;t it society&#039;s responsibility as a whole to provide that representation?  It seems to me our legislatures should be increasing funding to legal aid organizations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new reporting requirement makes me nervous, too, as it suggests a mandatory requirement in the future.  While I think lawyers should try to help out the indigent community by performing pro bono work, I don&#8217;t see why it is the legal profession&#8217;s responsibility to solve.  If providing free representation to the indigent is important to society, why isn&#8217;t it society&#8217;s responsibility as a whole to provide that representation?  It seems to me our legislatures should be increasing funding to legal aid organizations.</p>
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		<title>By: RJON@HowToMakeItRain.com</title>
		<link>http://myshingle.com/2006/06/articles/pro-bono/to-the-bars-dont-make-me-part-of-your-pr-scam-with-mandatory-pro-bono-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-1874</link>
		<dc:creator>RJON@HowToMakeItRain.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The issue of whether big firms are better equipped to provide or exploit the Pro Bono work they offer is a red herring.
The REAL issue is that Mandatory reporting of Pro Bono services is so obviously the first step toward mandating the delivery of Pro Bono Services.
I think that if we can avoid the &quot;US vs. THEM&quot; antics, we small firm attorneys might be able to educate our bretheren in larger firms that this is a bad thing for &lt;i&gt;everyone&lt;/i&gt;.
But as long as small firm lawyers continue to see everything the bar does as an attempt to give big firms the advantage, we&#039;ll (all lawyers) never be able to speak convincingly for our rights as business owners to do what we please with our assets.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The issue of whether big firms are better equipped to provide or exploit the Pro Bono work they offer is a red herring.<br />
The REAL issue is that Mandatory reporting of Pro Bono services is so obviously the first step toward mandating the delivery of Pro Bono Services.<br />
I think that if we can avoid the &#8220;US vs. THEM&#8221; antics, we small firm attorneys might be able to educate our bretheren in larger firms that this is a bad thing for <i>everyone</i>.<br />
But as long as small firm lawyers continue to see everything the bar does as an attempt to give big firms the advantage, we&#8217;ll (all lawyers) never be able to speak convincingly for our rights as business owners to do what we please with our assets.</p>
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		<title>By: RJON@HowToMakeItRain.com</title>
		<link>http://myshingle.com/2006/06/articles/pro-bono/to-the-bars-dont-make-me-part-of-your-pr-scam-with-mandatory-pro-bono-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-5973</link>
		<dc:creator>RJON@HowToMakeItRain.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The issue of whether big firms are better equipped to provide or exploit the Pro Bono work they offer is a red herring.
The REAL issue is that Mandatory reporting of Pro Bono services is so obviously the first step toward mandating the delivery of Pro Bono Services.
I think that if we can avoid the &quot;US vs. THEM&quot; antics, we small firm attorneys might be able to educate our bretheren in larger firms that this is a bad thing for &lt;i&gt;everyone&lt;/i&gt;.
But as long as small firm lawyers continue to see everything the bar does as an attempt to give big firms the advantage, we&#039;ll (all lawyers) never be able to speak convincingly for our rights as business owners to do what we please with our assets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The issue of whether big firms are better equipped to provide or exploit the Pro Bono work they offer is a red herring.<br />
The REAL issue is that Mandatory reporting of Pro Bono services is so obviously the first step toward mandating the delivery of Pro Bono Services.<br />
I think that if we can avoid the &#8220;US vs. THEM&#8221; antics, we small firm attorneys might be able to educate our bretheren in larger firms that this is a bad thing for <i>everyone</i>.<br />
But as long as small firm lawyers continue to see everything the bar does as an attempt to give big firms the advantage, we&#8217;ll (all lawyers) never be able to speak convincingly for our rights as business owners to do what we please with our assets.</p>
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