1. The Top Ten Reasons Attorneys Don’t Do Pro Bono*

2. Whatever I would do wouldn’t really help.
I don’t want to get dragged into ongoing representation.
I don’t get credit from my firm for doing pro bono.
I might have a conflict.
I don’t have malpractice insurance for pro bono.
I don’t have time.
There is no one in my firm or department to mentor me.
I might hurt more than I help.
I’m a corporate lawyer, not a litigator. I don’t want to go to court.
1 don’t practice in this area and I don’t know poverty law. *