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To: KLP who wrote (8215)	1/1/2006 4:49:03 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544063

I believe pro bono representation should be voluntary, not mandatory -- and, in Virginia at least, it is indeed voluntary. But I also believe it's good for the soul of the well-heeled types who never rubbed shoulders with the hoi polloi to get a taste for how the other half lives once in a while. (Yes, I know, "the" hoi polloi is redundant. Don't care.) Legal Aid pays their staff lawyers about $50K a year. I do a lot of pro bono for Legal Aid -- there is always far more work to do than there are lawyers to do it. If they didn't have pro bono lawyers, the people would simply go unserved. Even if the biggest law firms funded one or two more Legal Aid lawyers at their local office -- still too much work. Funny thing is -- the biggest law firms hire an associate or two to do all the pro bono! The $500 an hour types keep billing. So doesn't that maximize utility? And it makes them all look like such nice people.