Author: Nelson P. MillerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
This book equips the law practitioner to provide pro bono legal service to the populations it features including the prisoner, releasee, homeless, debtor, divorced, foreclosed, disabled, immigrant, veteran, or child. The book is a practical how-to skill builder, like other books in the series of skill builders offered by the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section. It provides a comprehensive view of how to assist, compassionately and effectively, a diverse range of pro bono clients facing a host of common legal problems. The book has three parts to assist you toward that end. Part I describes skills, practices, and attitudes that pro bono service emphasize and that serve as practice builders. Part II then has 10 chapters focusing on specific pro bono client populations and the knowledge, skills, and ethics lawyers need to serve those populations. Part III then addresses the needs of those who support pro bono service. Pro bono service offers a unique perspective on the profession. Practitioners can build law practice through pro bono service. Pro bono service can have a business imperative to it, just as it has a social and professional imperative.