Big Law’s “pro bono” work, supposedly “for the public good, sells students on the promise that they can make a starting salary of $215,000, plus bonuses, all while doing good work. Have your cake and your soul too. But is it true? Logan Campbell uncovers what is hidden behind the claims — and how pro bono is mostly a public relations effort to cover for profitable cruelty — in his article in The [F]law.
Read his revealing article: “What ‘Good’ is Pro Bono?: How Big Law Firms Use Pro Bono To Mask Harm.”
Related Systemic Justice Project Resources
From The [F]law:
- Rosie Kaur, Big Law’s Capture of Students of Color
- Ellie Olsen, The Dirty Work of America’s Legal Darlings
From The Systemic Justice Journal:
- Allison Beeman, Child Labor in the Global Cocoa Supply Chain: What Nestlé Tells Us About Corporate Harm
- HLS Student, Polluting the Narrative: How Air Pollution Becomes Legitimate in Buffalo, NY
- Emily Marcus, Pro-Choice or No-Choice?: How Corporations Shape Employees’ Reproductive Decision-Making
- Annamarie Forestiere, Buying Pride: An Analysis of Corporate “Double Dipping” in LGBTQ+ Equality
- HLS Student, Corporate Racial Justice Washing: Explaining Corporate America’s coalition with racism’s meta script
- HLS Student, Helping by All Means Possible (Except That One): Corporate Philanthropy and the Capture of “Doing Good”
- Maggie Hagen, Corporate Capture of Nonprofits: Corporate Law and the Preference for Profit