For lawyers in the US pro bono work is an ethical obligation, but the concept has struggled to take hold in the UK, particularly with in-house counsel. Why are UK in-house lawyers failing to take up the pro bono challenge? Felicity Clarke investigates
June 26, 2002 at 08:04 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
This month saw the celebration of the first ever National Pro Bono week in the legal calendar. For most lawyers in business, it seems, the event passed them by.
While two out of five in-house legal departments in the US do pro bono work according to recent figures released by CorporateProBonoOrg (Legal Director, May), efforts to mobilise in-house pro bono work in the UK appear to have been met with a more than a degree of apathy.
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