TY - JOUR
T1 - Why (and how to) do pro bono work in law schools?
AU - Grimes, R.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Law students welcome the opportunity to put theory into practice by engaging in hands‐on legal work. Through this activity law schools and their students can make a valuable contribution to legal service provision directly addressing unmet needs. Providing the student involvement is supervised to a professional standard, all participants are potential winners. This article looks at the benefits and challenges of doing pro bono work in law schools and the models of pro bono and clinical activity using examples from a range of Commonwealth countries.
AB - Law students welcome the opportunity to put theory into practice by engaging in hands‐on legal work. Through this activity law schools and their students can make a valuable contribution to legal service provision directly addressing unmet needs. Providing the student involvement is supervised to a professional standard, all participants are potential winners. This article looks at the benefits and challenges of doing pro bono work in law schools and the models of pro bono and clinical activity using examples from a range of Commonwealth countries.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57049141005&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14760400802335722
DO - 10.1080/14760400802335722
M3 - Article
SN - 1476-0401
VL - 6
SP - 27
EP - 39
JO - Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education
JF - Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education
IS - 1
ER -