THE REWARDS of pro bono work are many and varied. There are the “headline cases” which serve not only to publicize the talents of a firm, but attract new clients or expand the base of business from existing clients, and there are cases that generate legal fees awarded by the court, sometimes at a higher multiplier than expected. But what happens when the rewards of pro bono work are, in and of themselves, simply not enough?
When New York became a mandatory CLE state a few years ago, there were a lot of complaints, but it has worked out very well for practitioners and their clients. As new skills are developed and old skills improved upon, new networking opportunities abound, relationships are formed, and everyone has gained.
