Date of Publication: 2007, revised 2010
This chapter explores some of the ethical issues that arise when pro bono attorneys are faced with settlement offers that prevent them from recovering attorneys’ fees.
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Date of Publication: 2014
File management and accurate recordkeeping are important elements of a well-run pro bono program. This toolkit offers guidance and best practices to improve and maintain your firm’s procedures for administratively closing completed pro bono matters. The publication includes practice tips, a sample client closure letter, model pro bono closure forms, and more.
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Date of Publication: 2007, revised 2010
This chapter addresses the ethical responsibilities that law firms, supervisors, and other lawyers have for the work done by subordinates in pro bono matters.
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Date of Publication: 2008, revised 2010
This chapter addresses the ethical responsibilities that law firms and individual lawyers have in connection with pro bono assistance provided to individuals at walk-in clinics and similar arrangements. Providing legal advice in these settings raises unusual challenges, particularly because of the impracticality of conducting advance conflicts checks.
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Date of Publication: 2007, revised 2010
This chapter explores the ethical limitations on advancing disbursements to a pro bono client.
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Date of Publication: 2007, revised 2010
This chapter addresses ethical limits on agreements to share fee recoveries in pro bono matters with public interest organizations.
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Date of Publication: 2007, revised 2010
This chapter explores the ethical responsibilities that a law firm has to continue providing pro bono representation when the attorney responsible for the pro bono matter departs from the firm.
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Date of Publication: 2008, revised 2010
Pro bono work for indigent clients potentially places law firms in conflict with longstanding commercial clients, such as lenders and other financial institutions. This chapter explores whether and how prospective waivers are enforceable and offers best practices.
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