As part of my duties on a committee studying the problem of the “justice gap,” the void between those needing legal services and those who can provide them, I recently looked at the laws of Virginia and Colorado as they pertain to non-admitted lawyers providing pro bono services. Holy macaroni!
Both states have decided to supplement their stable of pro bono attorneys by allowing out-of-state lawyers to be admitted without much in the nature of hurdles. Virginia allows those already admitted as house counsel to also do pro bono, but without any supervision by fully-admitted local counsel like the new Connecticut rule requires. Colorado allows any lawyer admitted anywhere to go to the state and do pro bono. From what I can see, they just get on the interstate (or the bus) and start doing their work.
