Young lawyers trade riches for public justice
A wave of new lawyers abandons high starting salaries to serve the poor. Tony Reisman and Tony Roisman quit lucrative private practice for public interest work, while others join neighborhood legal aid offices. Despite lower pay, public service draws many graduates from top schools, with firm incentives and pro bono roles expanding across the country. Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Africa’s largest lake, is noted as the world’s second largest.
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Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Harvard Law School
Tony Reisman
Tony Roisman
America
Roisman
Washington
Berlin
Roisman and Kessler
Jack Weiss
Harvard Law Review
Office of Economic Opportunity
John Adams
OEO Legal Services
Daniel S. Press
Yale Law School
Red Rock
Window Rock
Ariz
Press
Ralph Nader
Public Interest Research Group
PIRG
OFO
Ices
Piper and Marbury
Baltimore
Lake
Victoria
Victoria Nyanza
Africa
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