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The Top Ten Reasons Attorneys Don’t Do Pro Bono. *. Whatever I would do wouldn’t really help. I don’t want to get dragged into ongoing representation. I don’t get credit from my firm for doing pro bono. I might have a conflict. I don’t have malpractice insurance for pro bono.
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Whatever I would do wouldn’t really help. • I don’t want to get dragged into ongoing representation. • I don’t get credit from my firm for doing pro bono. • I might have a conflict. • I don’t have malpractice insurance for pro bono. • I don’t have time. • There is no one in my firm or department to mentor me. • I might hurt more than I help. • I’m a corporate lawyer, not a litigator. I don’t want to go to court. • 1 don’t practice in this area and I don’t know poverty law. *