You Can Do Pro Bono as In-House Counsel: How You Can and Why You Should

    Kim Takacs
    Pro bono can serve as an excellent team-building exercise, with lawyers and non-lawyers participating in cases and clinics.

    Pro bono can serve as an excellent team-building exercise, with lawyers and non-lawyers participating in cases and clinics.

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    The first sentence of Rule 6.1, Voluntary Pro Bono Publico Service, of The Model Rules of Professional Conduct states: “Every lawyer has a professional responsibility to provide legal services to those unable to pay.”

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