The ABA Makes It Easy: A Pro Bono Plea

• Pages: 32-33
• Date: 01 April 2023
• Author: Hon. Mark A. Drummond (Ret.)
• Subject Matter: Civil Law

By Hon. Mark A. Drummond (Ret.), Litigation News Associate Editor

“Long distance is the next best thing to being there.”

—Bell Systems’ Advertisement, circa 1965

For this article I am going to put on my hat as a member

of the Access to Justice Committee for the ABA Litigation

Section. Want to do something that will help others, per-

haps help you fulll a pro bono requirement, and make you

feel good all at the same time?The ABA has made it easy.

ABA Free Legal Answersis a project of the ABA Standing

Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. From virtually

The ABA Makes It Easy:

A Pro Bono Plea

anywhere you can help someone in need.

When one of my fellow judges retired, I always thought it

was such a waste of talent if the rormer judge’s only destina-

tion was the golf course. All that knowledge, all that experi-

ence put on the shelf? What if the judge could devote just an

hour or two here or there to help?

How easy is it to get st arted?

Very. Just click on the name of the state or states where you

are licensed to practice in the list at the end of this article.

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