Workshop: Causes, Consequences, and Contestation in Pro Bono Lawyering

无偿服务的原则和做法--为穷人和其他边缘化群体提供志愿法律服务--是民事法律援助制度日益重要的特点。25年前，无偿服务是法律服务的一个辅助特征。相比之下，现在它已经在越来越多的司法系统中广泛传播，并在制度上处于核心地位。然而，随着无偿服务的传播，在强大的赞助商的推动下，在当地律师、律师事务所和有组织的律师事务所的动员下，它以不同的方式发展，揭示了不同的方法和对志愿服务在系统设计中应该扮演的角色的独特理解。无偿服务的兴起对寻求司法公正意味着什么？实证研究对于更好地理解无偿服务在不同背景下的运作方式至关重要。为此，这笔旅行补助金将把领先的和新兴的法律和社会科学学者聚集在一起，探索公益事业是如何受到跨领域因素的影响的：当地法律职业的相对独立性、政府结构、大型律师事务所的发展和企业客户的权力、与原告律师事务所的潜在竞争、向穷人提供法律服务的市场体系和国家体系之间的互动、主要私人资助者的影响、法律教育的作用，以及法律需求的地方性质。

The principle and practice of pro bono -- volunteer legal services for poor and other marginalized groups -- is an increasingly important feature of civil legal aid systems. A quarter century ago, pro bono was an ancillary feature of legal services. Now, in contrast, it has become widely diffused and institutionally central in a growing number of justice systems. Yet as pro bono spreads, promoted by powerful sponsors and mobilized by local lawyers, law firms, and the organized bar, it develops in diverse ways that reveal different approaches and unique understandings of the role that volunteer services should play in system design. What does the rise of pro bono mean for the pursuit of access to justice?Empirical research is essential to better understanding how pro bono operates in different contexts. Toward that end, this travel grant will bring together leading and emerging law and social science scholars to explore how pro bono has been shaped by cross-cutting factors: the relative independence of the local legal profession, the structure of government, the development of large law firms and the power of corporate clients, potential competition with the plaintiffs' bar, the interaction between market-based and state-based systems for providing legal services to the poor, the influence of major private funders, the role of legal education, and the local nature of the legal need.