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| - | <box 80% blue|In Germany, the **Frankfurt Pro Bono Roundtable** defines pro bono as:> | + | <box 80% blue> |
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| + | //In Germany, the **Frankfurt Pro Bono Roundtable** defines pro bono as:// | ||
| //The provision of free legal advice for a good cause. Pro bono activities involve advising and representing charitable and non-profit organizations, NGOs, foundations and persons of limited means, as well as a commitment to promoting due process and human rights. The intention behind pro bono work is for law firms to make their expertise and resources available for a good cause and, as such, to develop their civic commitment through their professional activities. Pro bono legal advice is subject to the same professional standards as paid-for legal advice.//</box> | //The provision of free legal advice for a good cause. Pro bono activities involve advising and representing charitable and non-profit organizations, NGOs, foundations and persons of limited means, as well as a commitment to promoting due process and human rights. The intention behind pro bono work is for law firms to make their expertise and resources available for a good cause and, as such, to develop their civic commitment through their professional activities. Pro bono legal advice is subject to the same professional standards as paid-for legal advice.//</box> | ||
| - | <box 80% blue|In the United States, the **American Bar Association (ABA)** provides a non-binding model ethical code that individual bars at the state level are encouraged to adopt.> | + | <box 80% blue> |
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| + | //In the United States, the **American Bar Association (ABA)** provides a non-binding model ethical code that individual bars at the state level are encouraged to adopt.// | ||
| //ABA Model Rule 6.1 defines pro bono as follows:// | //ABA Model Rule 6.1 defines pro bono as follows:// | ||
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| - | <box 80% blue|In the United States, the **Pro Bono Institute** defines pro bono as activities that a firm undertakes normally without expectation of fee and not in the course of ordinary commercial practice and consisting of> | + | <box 80% blue> |
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| + | //In the United States, the **Pro Bono Institute** defines pro bono as activities that a firm undertakes normally without expectation of fee and not in the course of ordinary commercial practice and consisting of:// | ||
| //(1) the delivery of legal services to persons of limited means or to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs of persons of limited means;// | //(1) the delivery of legal services to persons of limited means or to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs of persons of limited means;// | ||
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