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Pro Bono Report: Recession-Proof?

By ADF Alliance Alert

David Bario writes at the American Lawyer on Law.com: "For others, particularly on the right, the advent of the Obama era may signal a pro bono renaissance. 'When people think a president supports their values, they have a tendency to take a seat on the sidelines,' says Glen Lavy, senior counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, a nonprofit that promotes conservative Christian causes. Last month the group held its annual litigation academy, a free week of training in exchange for a commitment from participating lawyers to devote 450 pro bono hours to one of its causes. Usually the course doesn't fill up until nearly summer. This year, Lavy says, all 100 seats were booked by February."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).