Public Interest Lawyering

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As part of the Boston University Law School’s Public Interest Retreat, Jon Hanson will join Abbye Ognibene, a plaintiffs’ attorney at Hagens Berman and Ian McCoughlin, a litigator at Shapiro, Haber & Urmy on a panel discussing plaintiff’s side lawyering.  Boston University’s