A court-mandated requirement for Illinois trial lawyers to represent indigent litigants for free is helping newer attorneys gain valuable courtroom skills.
Many of the largest law firms have Chicago offices, and Big Law trial bar members said their firms not only embrace pro bono work generally but gladly accept the court-ordered representations. The cases provide younger associates with real trial and case management experience they’d otherwise miss, and keeps older partners exposed to trial work at points in their careers when trial appearances may decrease.
The program provides lawyers an “opportunity to do the right thing for a client or ...
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