Model Rules of Professional Conduct
PUBLIC SERVICE
RULE 6.1 VOLUNTARY PRO BONO
PUBLICO SERVICE
Every lawyer has
a professional responsibility to provide legal services
to those unable to pay. A lawyer should aspire to render
at least (50) hours of pro bono publico legal services per
year. In fulfilling this responsibility, the lawyer should:
(a) provide a substantial
majority of the (50) hours of legal services without fee
or expectation of fee to:
(1) persons
of limited means or
(2) charitable,
religious, civic, community, governmental and educational
organizations in matters that are designed primarily
to address the needs of persons of limited means; and
(b) provide any
additional services through:
(1) delivery
of legal services at no fee or substantially reduced
fee to individuals, groups or organizations seeking
to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties or
public rights, or charitable, religious, civic, community,
governmental and educational organizations in matters
in furtherance of their organizational purposes, where
the payment of standard legal fees would significantly
deplete the organization's economic resources or would
be otherwise inappropriate;
(2) delivery
of legal services at a substantially reduced fee to
persons of limited means; or
(3) participation
in activities for improving the law, the legal system
or the legal profession.
In addition, a lawyer
should voluntarily contribute financial support to organizations
that provide legal services to persons of limited means.
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