Big Firms Pay for the Privilege of Providing Services Pro Bono

Lawyers USAJuly 31, 2007

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Pro bono work has long been viewed as a form of charity - one lawyer representing one needy client on one case in an effort to "give something back" to the community.

But that model is changing.

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Big Firms Pay for the Privilege of Providing Services Pro Bono

The nation's biggest law firms are finding that pro bono is also good business. So they're ratcheting up their pro bono commitments and developing firm-wide programs with nonprofit organizations - even to the extent of paying for the privilege of providing free legal service.

In its fifth annual ranking of the nation's top 200 law firms,...

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