A Public Interest Law Firm Solo

So, you want to work in public interest, but can’t find a position or afford to take one?  Why not start your own firm instead, with a public interest firm on the side?  That’s what Scott Levine of Aegis Professional Services did as reported in this article,  Scott Levine Fulfills dream of starting public interest firm, Gail Appelson, St. Louis Post Dispatch, (4/13/06).  The operation is a combination of a law firm that provides one stop shopping for entrepreneurs (at reasonable rates) and the Stetin Center, a public interest entity to be funded by donors and staffed by law firm attorneys and volunteers.

If you’ve always dreamed of a public interest job, you don’t need to give up on the dream because you don’t think you can afford it or because your present firm doesn’t approve.  Build a firm like Levine and create those opportunities for yourself.