I just did my pro bono reporting for 2012. It seems I did over 36 hours of pro bono representation last year, plus 4 hours of non-representative legal volunteer work. The former was all in Grandma + the Methheads; the latter was in judging a mock trial competition. This makes me feel somewhat better about all the complaining I do at people who want ( Read more... )

The Oregon State Bar Pro Bono Committee considers part of its mandate to increase law student participation in pro bono activities. Last year, our big idea for how to do this was to create a bulletin board website that would allow students to search and look up lawyers who sought assistance with pro bono projects. After (seemingly endless) ( Read more... )

Pulling thistles at the Humane Society appears to have left me with itchy bumps all over both of my wrists. (That, or they got there at the same time from an unrelated source, but post hoc ergo proptor hoc, yeah ( Read more... )