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More Lawyers Representing the Poor for Free, ABA Study Finds

View the article here What is Pro Bono? 02/13/2009 By Edward A. Adams More lawyers are donating more time to representing the poor for free, a study by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service has found. The report was issued today at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Boston. The study found that 73 percent of attorneys provided some pro bono representation to persons of limited means, or organizations that represent such people, during the prior year. That?s up from 66 percent in a 2005 study conducted by the group. Attorneys provided an average of 41 hours of pro bono work over the past year, up from 39 hours in 2005. The study was based on interviews with a representative sample of 1,100 lawyers nationwide conducted in 2008...continue to full post

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