Newtown, Conn., lawyers said they will willingly help families of victims of the Newtown massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on a pro bono basis. But they doubt that any requests for help will be coming right away.

“It’s so early … people are just getting through these funerals right now,” attorney Ron Bellenot, whose practice focuses on criminal and civil litigation and foreclosures, said two weeks ago. “They’re just trying to get through this week. There still are more funerals to come,” he said, just as a procession moved past his office at 280 Main Street.