Cultures of Commitment: Pro Bono for Lawyers and Law Students
Cultures of Commitment: Pro Bono for Lawyers and Law Students
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承诺文化：为律师和法学院学生提供无偿服务
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1999
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Deborah L. Rhode
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作者：
Deborah L. Rhode
毫无疑问，通过联邦政府资助的法律的服务来满足服务不足的个人和社区的法律的需求的梦想还没有实现，也不太可能实现。无法利用法律的制度仍然是一个紧迫的问题。目前为解决我们社区中未得到满足的法律的需求而作出的大多数努力都涉及扩大无偿和政府资助的法律的服务。由开放社会研究所资助的法学院联盟项目针对的是另一种潜在资源：个人和小公司从业人员。该项目的目的是使法学院，在新的关系与独奏和小公司从业者的方式学习，可以帮助解决低收入和中等收入的个人和社区未满足的法律的需求。该项目的中心工作人员服务的四个成员法学院-纽约城市大学法学院、东北大学法学院、马里兰州大学法学院和圣玛丽玛丽大学法学院-已经制定了一些方案（也由开放社会研究所资助），帮助社区律师发展经济上可行、专业上和精神上令人满意的实践。每所学校都建立了一个社区法律的资源网络，作为这些学校向从事社区法律业务的个体和小公司律师提供资源和服务的工具。每个成员学校CLRN的目的是打破在提供法律的服务，以传统上服务不足的社区的私人/公共distinction，改变法学院和他们的毕业生之间的关系，在独奏和小公司的做法，并使用基于社区的做法作为具体的经验，重新设想法律和律师进入新的世纪。联合会成员学校的共同愿景是发展由法学院培育和支持的成功和可持续的社区实践。每个成员学校都选择了不同的方法来测试和评估各种模式，目的是创建一个“最佳做法”菜单，供全国其他法学院审查和选择。尽管采取了各种不同的方法，但所有CLRN都有相同的总体战略，
T is no question but that the dream of meeting the legal needs of underserved individuals and com munities through federally funded legal services has not been, and is not likely to be, met. The lack of access to the legal system remains an urgent problem. Most efforts under way to address the unmet legal needs in our communities involve expanding pro bono and government-funded legal services. The Law School Consortium Project, funded by the Open Society Institute, is aimed at another potential resource: solo and small-firm practitioners. The purpose of this Project is to enable learning about ways that law schools, in new relationships with solo and small-firm practitioners, can help address the unmet legal needs of low and moderate income individuals and communities. The four member law schools served by the Project’s Central Staff—City University of New York School of Law; Northeastern University School of Law; University of Maryland School of Law; and St. Mary’s University School of Law—have developed programs (also funded by the Open Society Institute) to help community-based lawyers develop practices that are economically viable, and professionally and spiritually satisfying. Each school has created a Community Legal Resource Network (CLRN) as a vehicle for these schools to provide resources and services to solo and small firm lawyers engaged in community-based law practices. Each member school CLRN is designed to break down the private/public distinc tion in the delivery of legal services to traditionally underserved communities, to transform the relationship between law schools and their graduates in solo and small firm practices, and to use community-based practices as the concrete experiences to re-envision law and lawyering into the new century. The shared vision of the Consortium’s member schools is the development of successful and sustainable community-based practices that are nurtured and supported by law schools. Each member school has selected a different approach to enable the testing and evaluation of various models with the goal of creating a menu of “best practices” for review and selection by other law schools around the country. Despite their various approaches, all of the CLRNs share the same overarching strategies for (continued on page 2)