Event Title
Concurrent Session 7C. Access to Justice Through Fee Shifting: Teaching Students How to Get Paid Doing Public Justice Work as Private Practitioners
Location
Room 310
Start Date
6-10-2012 3:00 PM
End Date
6-10-2012 4:00 PM
Description
Discusses how to teach law students how to evaluate the potential income from pro bono cases by teaching about the federal and state statutes that authorize fee shifting. Provides an overview of fee shifting statutes and how to train law students entering the private bar to become enforcers of important public rights.
Concurrent Session 7C. Access to Justice Through Fee Shifting: Teaching Students How to Get Paid Doing Public Justice Work as Private Practitioners
Room 310
Discusses how to teach law students how to evaluate the potential income from pro bono cases by teaching about the federal and state statutes that authorize fee shifting. Provides an overview of fee shifting statutes and how to train law students entering the private bar to become enforcers of important public rights.