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Emeritus Rules for Pro Bono

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State Emeritus Pro Bono Practice Rules
Updated August 20, 2009

American Bar Association
Commission on Law and Aging
David Godfrey
Senior Attorney
godfreyd@staff.abanet.org

Emeritus pro bono practice rules encourage retired and inactive attorneys to volunteer to provide pro bono assistance to clients unable to pay for essential legal representation. At last count 32 jurisdictions have adopted emeritus pro bono rules waiving some of the normal licensing requirement for attorneys agreeing to limit their practice to volunteer service. The following chart contains essential details of the current rules.

State Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Rules and State Contacts (as of 8/20/09)




For More Information See:

No Longer on Their Own: Using Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Programs to Meet Unmet Civil Legal Needs

The ABA Commission on Law and Aging has published a brochure designed to help states successfully recruit emeritus pro bono attorneys to provide critically needed legal services to vulnerable seniors and low- and moderate-income individuals who are now facing their legal problems on their own. The brochure is titled “No Longer on Their Own: Using Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Programs to Meet Unmet Civil Legal Needs. You can download the PDF as a pdf online at

http://www.abanet.org/aging/docs/V2_pro_bono_emeritus_brochure_3-5.pdf

See also: Checklist for Creating an Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Participation Program by Holly Robinson (PDF file, 62 KB)

For more information on Pro Bono and Senior/Inactive Lawyers please go here.

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