Pro Bono Barrister: BBA public forums exemplify good that lawyers do
One survey that was reported on television (so it must be true) claimed that members of Congress are now even less popular than lawyers. Even trial lawyers ranked higher than the intransigents who now rule, or ruin, at a whim — or a campaign contribution — and are clearly more beholden to their financial backers than their electorate.
But, in keeping with this column’s 13-year-old theme of “telling about the good that lawyers do,” there’s a lot to tell.
For instance, increased public outreach programs, wherein skilled — and often expensive — practitioners provide representation to the needy, Pro Bono, are helping the public image of the Bar here in Brooklyn.