scholarly journals Corporate Support for Legal Services

Daedalus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
Jo-Ann Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Large Firm ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Business Experience ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
Corporate Support ◽  
Corporate Lawyers ◽  
The Impact

The gap in pro bono legal services provided by corporate legal departments and large private law firms is not surprising: The formalization of pro bono work by large firms has been underway on a significant scale for far longer than it has within corporations. This process has made large firm pro bono efforts more efficient and effective through improved practices. It has also led firm leaders and lawyers generally to expect more volunteerism of this sort. Companies that apply their resources, business experience, or other assets have successfully expanded the impact of their pro bono hours. Because of the scale of this need, and because legal-services lawyers have specialized expertise that corporate lawyers can't easily replicate, corporate pro bono efforts will not, on their own, close the justice gap. But these efforts have the potential to contribute significantly more to the ability of legal-aid organizations to serve their clients, and to help close this gap.

scholarly journals The Formation of Advocates’ Monopoly in the French Republic

2018 ◽  
pp. 26-30
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Legal Market ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rules Of The Game

The reforms of the market of professional legal aid in any country are intended to regulate and establish «the rules of the game», which will level the risks for the population and the state that arise due to poorquality legal aid. The consolidation of the legal market based on the bar (advocates’ monopoly) is a very common phenomenon in Europe, and in France in particular. The purpose of the article is to examine the experience of reforming the market of professional legal assistance and the establishment of the advocates’ monopoly in France. The article analyzes the impact of historical events and the socio-economic context on formation of the mentioned institution. For Russia, standing on the threshold of the reform of the market of professional legal services, it is important to take into account the international experience in order to avoid possible negative consequences. The author identifis the key stages of the development of the French bar, from the Middle ages to the present day, studies the circumstances that predetermined the formation of the advocates’ monopoly in France. It is concluded that its formation was carried out taking into account the main purpose of the bar – the provision of legal assistance to those in need.

Providing Legal Services to Rural and Regional Small Business: Gaps and Opportunities

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Richard Coverdale ◽  
Lucinda Jordan ◽  
Jean Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Business Experience ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Potential Demand

This article examines the findings from a survey of 207 regional small businesses and 68 regional lawyers that explored the small business experience of accessing legal services in rural and regional Victoria. In particular, it considers small business expectations of local legal practices, their degree of satisfaction with existing legal services and identifies current and potential demand and supply gaps. By doing so it seeks to determine potential areas in which regional law firms can improve, expand and refine their services in response to the current and emerging demands on them and the communities they serve.

9. Funding Access to the English Legal System

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Thomas ◽  
Claire McGourlay
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Private Funding ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
System P ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Individual

Each Concentrate revision guide is packed with essential information, key cases, revision tips, exam Q&As, and more. This chapter addresses funding access to the English legal system. Funding legal services may be provided publicly or privately. Public funding relates to funding available from the state, whereas private funding specifically refers to the assets and monetary resources available to that specific individual. Only certain individuals are entitled to benefit from public funding, whilst all persons can, in theory, privately fund legal services. Moreover, legal aid — meaning state-funded assistance in legal matters — is available in both criminal and civil cases but is restricted to narrow circumstances and types of cases. The availability of legal aid depends on several tests set by the government. Where legal aid is not available and the individual cannot privately fund their case, pro bono institutions may be available to provide advice.

The Conceptualisation of Pro Bono in Singapore

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 97-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Whalen-Bridge
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
Over Time

Abstract“Pro bono” is a familiar phrase in North American jurisdictions that generally refers to a lawyer’s provision of free legal services to indigent persons. The phrase “pro bono” has also come to imply a particular approach to a lawyer’s relationship to indigent persons, one that stresses the obligatory as opposed to the charitable nature of the services provided. To what extent has this phrase, and its conceptualisation of a lawyer’s role, been used in Asian jurisdictions? This article examines how one Asian jurisdiction, Singapore, conceptualises a lawyer’s relationship to indigent persons by examining newspaper usage of phrases describing legal services for indigent persons. The article argues that changes in usage over time, from free legal services and legal aid to inclusion of pro bono, coupled with increased discussions of access to justice, represent a shift to a more obligatory concept of indigent legal services. An obligatory conceptualisation potentially exerts greater pressure on lawyers to provide indigent legal services, but can also exert pressure to revise the historical lack of broad-based government funded criminal legal aid in Singapore.

scholarly journals Measuring the Impacts of Representation in Legal Aid and Community Legal Services Settings: Considerations for Canadian Research

2019 ◽  
pp. 1117
Author(s):  
Sarah Buhler ◽  
Michelle C. Korpan
Keyword(s):  
American Studies ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Legal Representation ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Canadian Research

There is currently a gap in Canadian empirical research examining the impacts of legal representation in legal aid and clinic settings. This article advocates for addressing the research gap and suggests how such research could be pursued. Empirical data is crucial to making the case for ongoing investments in publicly funded legal assistance and to ensuring the effectiveness of such assistance. Yet current research, mainly from American studies, tends to focus narrowly on litigation outcomes. This leaves many aspects of the impact of legal representation unclear, particularly regarding service delivery for vulnerable and marginalized clients. Research must examine clients’ own experiences and perspectives of legal processes so as to better reflect the complex relationship between legal representation and justice.

scholarly journals Providing Legal Aid in Facing Cases for Underprivileged Communities at the Religious Courts of Semarang City

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-338
Author(s):  
Andjeng Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Application Of Law ◽  
Limited Budget ◽  
Institutional Knowledge ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Religious Courts

This research aims to generate understanding through analysis related to legal regulations on legal aid and their application of Law 16/2011 concerning Legal Aid including several other implementing arrangements at the Semarang Religious Court. The form of the application of legal aid is implemented with the intention that people who are unable to obtain justice facilities through the implementation of legal aid by advocates. The provision of legal assistance at the Semarang Religious Court in cases of underprivileged communities has not run optimally as evidenced by advocates who handle a number of cases related to legal aid according to Law 16/2011 with a percentage of less than 10% of all cases that have been received. . The ambiguity of legal norms becomes a juridical obstacle in the regulations that have the authority to provide legal aid between Law 20/2009 on Religious Courts and Law 16/2011 on Legal Aid, namely the lack of socialization of the Law on Legal Aid. So that the impact results in the "lack of public knowledge" of legal services; lack of institutional knowledge outside the court; and the lack of coordination between courts and institutions that provide legal assistance; The limited budget available in the APBN to assist in the provision of laws is also an obstacle in handling a case if the case continues to the level of appeal, the level of cassation, and even the level of judicial review.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN PEMBERIAN BANTUAN HUKUM BAGI MASYARAKAT MISKIN MELALUI POSBAKUM DI PENGADILAN AGAMA KOTA BENGKULU

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Fauzan Fauzan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Constitutional Development ◽  
Administrative Process ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Religious Courts

Abstract: The provision of legal aid to date is still not fully felt for the poor, especially the legal and justice aspects. The issuance of Law Number 16 Year 2011 on Legal Aid or so-called UUBH becomes an important breakthrough in constitutional development post-reformasi law. This paper focuses on the provision of legal aid by the Legal Aid Post (Posbakum) in the Religious Court of Bengkulu City. This research is a qualitative research with interview to get data. The results showed that the implementation of legal services through Posbakum in Religious Courts of Bengkulu City has been going well. Although in the implementation of legal services is still constrained by the human resources (HR) in Posbakum, but if dihat from the administrative process and the impact of legal aid services, the overall implementation of legal services through Posbakum in the Court of Religion has been running well according to achievements based on legislation

The Conceptualisation of Pro Bono in Singapore

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Whalen-Bridge
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
Over Time

Abstract“Pro bono” is a familiar phrase in North American jurisdictions that generally refers to a lawyer’s provision of free legal services to indigent persons. The phrase “pro bono” has also come to imply a particular approach to a lawyer’s relationship to indigent persons, one that stresses the obligatory as opposed to the charitable nature of the services provided. To what extent has this phrase, and its conceptualisation of a lawyer’s role, been used in Asian jurisdictions? This article examines how one Asian jurisdiction, Singapore, conceptualises a lawyer’s relationship to indigent persons by examining newspaper usage of phrases describing legal services for indigent persons. The article argues that changes in usage over time, from free legal services and legal aid to inclusion of pro bono, coupled with increased discussions of access to justice, represent a shift to a more obligatory concept of indigent legal services. An obligatory conceptualisation potentially exerts greater pressure on lawyers to provide indigent legal services, but can also exert pressure to revise the historical lack of broad-based government funded criminal legal aid in Singapore.

Negotiating Status: Pro Bono Partners and Counsels in Large Law Firms

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Atinuke O. Adediran
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Law Firms ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
The Status ◽  
Pro Bono

Law firm pro bono work provides access to justice to low-income people and other vulnerable populations. The professionals that manage pro bono programs are at the forefront of that process. The limited available research on these professionals do not often distinguish lawyers from other managers or theorize about their status vis-à-vis other law firm lawyers. Yet the status of lawyers who are also managers of pro bono programs influences both their identities and the management and provision of legal services and advocacy. Drawing on original demographic and interview data, this article shows how law firm pro bono partners and counsels navigate their ambiguous roles and negotiate their status as lawyers and managers. I find that pro bono partners and counsels navigate their ambiguous roles by striving to be perceived as “real” lawyers, reframe their roles as business generators, conform to the billing culture, and establish a common identity. They also negotiate their titles and office spaces to raise their profiles. Gender inequality influences the negotiation of office spaces and the approval of pro bono matters. These findings have implications for lawyers who manage pro bono programs and the legitimacy of pro bono work.

scholarly journals Lawyers' Obligation to Provide Legal Services

1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justice J.C. Major
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Pro Bono ◽  
History Of ◽  
Eligibility Requirements

This article addresses ethical concerns in the legal profession and the challenge of not only providing legal services, but ensuring that the public has access to them. The author asserts that the whole profession is under an obligation to render legal services pro bono publico. Such has been the tradition since the beginning of the profession in thirteenth century Europe. The article follows the history of pro bono work since medieval times, and compares the system in the United States with that in Canada. In the U.S. there is a greater commitment by firms to provide pro bono work, whereas in Canada, it tends to be on a more ad hoc basis. Canadian lawyers too often assume that government-funded legal aid systems adequately meet the public's needs. Legal aid, however, is facing increasing financial challenges. Moreover, a large number of Canadians who do not meet the eligibility requirements cannot afford to retain a lawyer. There is a need for a modified pro bono program that will assist not only the poor, but the working class as well.

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