Private lawyers and the public interest : the evolving role of pro bono in the legal profession /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009. |
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| Description: | xvi, 327 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7896024 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables and Figures
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Pro Bono, the Public Good, and the Legal Profession: An Introduction
- I. Professional Socialization through the Bar and Legal Education
- Chapter 2. Shaped by Educational, Professional, and Social Crises: The History of Law Student Pro Bono Service
- Chapter 3. Good Lawyering and Lawyering for the Good: Lawyers' Reflections on Mandatory Pro Bono in Law School
- Chapter 4. Priming for Pro Bono: The Impact of Law School on Pro Bono Participation in Practice
- II. Economic Perspectives on Pro Bono in Legal Practice
- Chapter 5. Lawyers' Pro Bono Service and Market-Reliant Legal Aid
- Chapter 6. Pro Bono as an Elite Strategy in Early Lawyer Careers
- Chapter 7. The Institutionalization of Pro Bono in Large Law Firms: Trends and Variation across the AmLaw 200
- Chapter 8. Pro Bono and Low Bono in the Solo and Small Law Firm Context
- III. Pro Bono In the Interest of Public Service
- Chapter 9. Between Profit and Principle: The Private Public Interest Firm
- Chapter 10. Issues Entrepreneurs: Charisma, Charisma-Producing Events, and the Shaping of Pro Bono Practice in Large Law Firms
- Chapter 11. The Role of Volunteer Lawyers in Challenging the Conditions of a Local Housing Crisis in Buffalo, NY
- IV. The Future of Pro Bono
- Chapter 12. Rethinking the Public in Lawyers' Public Service: Strategic Philanthropy and the Bottom Line
- Chapter 13. Bar Politics and Pro Bono Definitions: The New York Experience
- Chapter 14. Conflating the Good with the Public Good: An Essay
- Chapter 15. State, Market, Philanthropy, and Self-Help as Legal Services Delivery Mechanisms
- Index
