Soon after receiving accreditation, one regional law school considered whether to adopt a mandatory pro bono policy.1 All members of the committee charged with studying the proposal supported it.2
But the committee also knew that not all faculty members would approve it.3 The committee members
therefore avoided any suggestion that faculty, as opposed to just students, would need to do pro bono.4
They feared that imposing the requirement on faculty would derail the entire proposal.5