Criminal Law

ABA Tax Section Seeks to Hire Pro Bono Lawyer
The ABA Section of Taxation is looking for a Pro Bono lawyer to join its staff in Washington, D.C.: This position will work with the Section's Pro Bono Committee to coordinate efforts to provide service to the pro bono tax...

"New Software Speeds Pro Bono Work"
In the news: “Pro Bono Manager, a hosted Web program by nonprofit Pro Bono Net, manages the minute details of...

Recent studies on pro bono practice in the US
At the just concluded Law & Society meeting in Montreal, there was an interesting panel on pro bono work. Lots of empirical studies are being done and much (but not all) of the focus is on pro bono by big...

Court Gives Out Pro Bono Publico Awards
Attorney Mary Moran lived up to the award she received for her pro bono work. During the First Judicial District?s second annual Pro Bono Publico Awards ceremony last Thursday, Moran volunteered for the several judges gathered at the ceremony to assign her more pro bono cases...

ABA Recognizes Lawyer's Pro Bono Work
Victor J. Garo, the Massachusetts lawyer who devoted nearly three decades of pro bono work to help clear his client's name, will be honored by the American Bar Association with its Edmund S...

Mandatory Law School Pro Bono Programs Do Not Increase Pro Bono Participation After Graduation
Robert Granfield (State University of New York - Buffalo, Department of Sociology) has posted Institutionalizing Public Service in Law School: Results on the Impact of Mandatory Pro Bono Programs on SSRN...