Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice: Public Service and the Professions
- ISBN-10
- 0804751072
- ISBN-13
- 9780804751070
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Author
- Deborah L. Rhode
Description
This book offers the first broad-scale study of the factors that influence American lawyers' pro bono work, including an original empirical survey of over 3,000 lawyers and a comparative analysis of public service by other professionals and by lawyers in other countries.
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