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http://www.wsba.org/media/publications/barnews/archives/2000/dec-00-ethics.htm Serving at the Banquet of Justice by Barrie Althoff, WSBA Chief Disciplinary Counsel. Opinions expressed herein are the author's and are not official or unofficial WSBA positions. Experienced lawyers know that one of the greatest pleasures in practicing law is helping a client know justice, especially where the lawyer does so without any compensation. Simply put, doing a good deed makes us feel good. Because providing public-interest legal service is a core value of our profession, Rule 6.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct obligates us to provide such services. Similarly, in our oath of admission to the practice of law, each of us declared that we will never reject the cause of the defenseless or the oppressed. But where do we start to do this? This article provides some basic answers. Introduction A previous article considered whether lawyers have an obligation to provide pro bono services, the possible sources or rationale for the obligation, and the possible means by which the obligation might be met. Althoff, "Ethical Obligation to Provide Pro Bono Service," Washington State Bar News, May 1999, p. 47. A more recent article explored the question of why, despite a continued recognition and proclamation of our duty to provide public legal service, relatively few of us actually do so, and thus why many of our citizens struggle to find justice. Althoff, "Starving at the Banquet of Justice," Washington State Bar News, November 2000, p. 46. About 4,000 of Washington's 26,000 lawyers are estimated to provide some pro bono services. Full Article: http://www.wsba.org/media/publications/barnews/archives/2000/dec-00-ethics.htm |
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