In Latin, pro bono publico means “for the public good.” Increasingly, pro bono is also good for lawyers, or so the argument goes. But can it become so good for lawyers that the term loses meaning or, worse, signals ethical problems?
The legal profession’s gifts to the public are not always simple, nor do lawyers always come down where they ought to be. Something has gone wrong when pro bono publico crops up in the business plans of law firms, in the representation of tony nonpro-fits, and on both sides of civil rights litigation.
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