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 I think that there are certainly pros and cons of government work which have been touched on by Andrew and Pete. The bureaucracy and the inability to select your cases would be quite frustrating. Better hours and quality of life are certainly important benefits, especially a few years out of school when a majority of people have families. I think that the most important question is whether the type of work you are actually given is personally stimulating, and that seems to be an idiosyncratic question.

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>		For what it's worth, a while back I contacted a number of associates about their firms' commitment to pro bono activity. The general consensus seemed to be that pro bono is encouraged so long as it is conducted on your own time. How feasible of a significant commitment to public interest work is after an 70+ hour work-week is certainly questionable.

Associate at McKee? Nelson: "As an associate at a private firm, I have been able to participate in some pro bono international human rights work. However, pro bono work at large law firms is something that is intended to be ancillary to the money-making cases. That's why typically only 50 hours of pro bono work may be dedicated to an associate's annual billable hours requirement, which ranges from 2000 - 2200 minimum billable hours. So, even with a good amount of pro bono work, large firm practice really isn't regarded as a legal career in public service."

It seemed there were a few outliers, though: "Crowell & Moring has an amazing pro bono program under which I was able to spend incredible amount of time representing an indigent criminal defendant, being a part of a fair election awareness campaign and filing taxes for indigent DC residents. Crowell & Moring also enabled me to tutor a middle school student every Tuesday for an hour who otherwise will not have resources to afford such tutoring"

 
 
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