Law leaders believe pro bono should remain a choice
Friday 7 June 2013 @ 12.09 p.m. | Legal Research
Two of the profession’s leading pro bono advocates have agreed with the majority of voters in a Lawyers Weekly poll that pro bono work should be a personal choice for each lawyer, according to an article in lawyersweekly.com.au.
“The essence of pro bono work is essentially voluntary and if you make it mandatory you lose a lot of that honourable nature,” said John Corker, the head of the National Pro Bono Resource Centre (NPBRC), adding that ‘no, it should be a personal choice for each lawyer’ was the response he voted for in the poll.
Just over 41% of respondents to the poll, which asked:
Should all lawyers have to do a minimum amount of pro bono work each year?
went for the same option as Corker; with one-third (32.5%) responding: ‘Yes, it is part of what a lawyer does'.
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