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Toward Equal Access To Justice: Rethinking The Role Of Law Schools, Douglas A. Blaze
Toward Equal Access To Justice: Rethinking The Role Of Law Schools, Douglas A. Blaze
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
If the goal is equal access to justice, as it must be, the pro bono efforts of lawyers are relatively insignificant. Despite years of exhortation by an impressive assortment of judges and bar leaders and the addition of increasingly strong aspirational language in professional rules,' an abysmally small percentage of lawyers engage in pro bono representation. According to the best national estimate, lawyers provide on average less than a half-an-hour per week of assistance to the poor. Staff attorneys from federally-funded legal aid programs provide most of the civil legal services available to low-income clients. The pro bono efforts of …
Tenth Anniversary Of University Of Tennessee Pro Bono, E. Riley Anderson
Tenth Anniversary Of University Of Tennessee Pro Bono, E. Riley Anderson
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
U.T. Pro Bono is a student-directed community service organization at the University of Tennessee College of Law. It was founded in 1994. The reception was held April 1, 2004 in Knoxville, Tennessee.