Comments on: October 8 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/10/october-11-roundup-3/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/10/october-11-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-174842 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:20:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=33290#comment-174842 Unless I am mistaken, the NY requirement is for lawyers to perform pro bono service in order to receive a license. Doesn’t that mean that they are being required to practice law without a license, which is a crime?

]]> By: Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/10/october-11-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-174829 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:39:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=33290#comment-174829 Given the state of unemployment and underemployment among graduating law students, and the massive debt most of them have, compulsory provision of free legal services is adding insult to injury.

]]> By: Anonymous Attorney https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/10/october-11-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-174807 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:57:18 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=33290#comment-174807 Tenting fingers:

New NY lawyers are required to do pro bono, but nobody said what KIND of pro bono. Why not conservative and libertarian causes? The Federalist Society has a pro bono project, for instance.

That would REALLY mess with their heads. I dare them to reject a pro bono case on grounds that it advances the “wrong” agenda: reverse discrimination, property taking, the free speech rights of right-wingers, etc.

]]> By: Suckonomics 101 | UrbanSurvival https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/10/october-11-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-174797 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:02:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=33290#comment-174797 […] you may wish to add to our morning information scans a site called “Overlawyered” which includes a bunch of stories (growing) about how this “under law” stuff is […]

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