Despite debt and lure of firms, pro bono work is catching on

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Pro-bono associations see increased interest among law students even as more are turning away from public-service careers due to limited opportunities and skyrocketing student debt. The Alliance for Justice's 'First Monday' program on Oct 2 involved 140 schools, up from 100 in the first program last year. The National Association for Public Interest Law now has chapters at 135 law schools, up from 15 in 1986, and 15 law schools now have a pro-bono requirement, from in 1991. Firms now actively support such work, and job fairs have appeared.

Legal services, Attorneys, Offices of Lawyers, United States, Analysis, Lawyers, Practice, Public interest law

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To raise bucks for pro bono, students resort to bake sales

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Law students are using various fund-raising methods such as bake sales and auctions to reach a $1.7 million fund-raising goal for 700 public service law internships scheduled for the summer of 1992. The money raised will be funneled through the National Assn for Public Interest Law, which coordinates student groups at law schools. The economy remains in recession as the interest in such jobs and the supply of them go up, so students are becoming more creative in their money-raising activities.

Finance

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Offer-hoarding and other sins aired at placement conference

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The 1992 conference of the National Assn of Law Placement (NALP) was the scene for the discussion of numerous employment issues including that of offer-hoarding. Law students who receive many job offers but wait for all answers to their job applications to come in before responding to any of them contravene one of the NALP's ethical rules. The problem is much less severe than during the more economically secure 1980s but still exists.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Ethical aspects, Job hunting, National Association for Law Placement

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