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Dear Editor: I am responding to John Levy’s letter [“Lawyers’ duty to system basis for mandatory pro bono,” Oct. 13, 1997]. My former professor presents a strong argument for the proposition that lawyers should perform pro bono public service. Professor ...

Dear Editor: Why do they pick on us lawyers? A Letter to the Editor you published [“Why do we need mandatory pro bono?” Sept. 29, 1997] posed a question which is basic to the pro bono debate. Why aren’t other ...

Dear Editor: When a voluntary gift by individuals becomes a “mandatory” requirement and is declared an “obligation” of the donor coupled with minimum gift levels or penalties in fees with the punishment of losing a license to practice law, this ...

Dear Editor: Based on the results of its recent fax poll, Virginia Lawyers Weekly suggests that Virginia lawyers already take their pro bono obligations seriously–even without a mandate from the General Assembly. Seventy-nine percent of the attorneys responding to the ...

Dear Editor: The article in your July 21, 1997, edition, “‘Voluntary’ Sentencing Rules Now the Standard,” missed the main point about Virginia’s Sentencing Guidelines, which is that they promote not “Truth in Sentencing,” but “Insanity in Sentencing.” Let us look ...

Dear Editor: I strongly dissent from Rule 3.2 of Part II of the proposed Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which will require a lawyer to disclose adverse authority if his opponent misses it. We are apparently switching from the adversarial ...

Dear Editor: Thank you for your excellent coverage on the recently enacted legislation allowing solo practitioners to practice as PLLCs (“Solos now can form PLLCs,” Aug. 4, 1997). Your article correctly points out the practice flexibility a PLLC will bring ...

Indigent criminal accused need resources as well as counsel Dear Editor, Hallelujah!! Based on the exchange between Senator Gartlan and Delegate Albo there appears to be some sort of a debate between members of the General Assembly of our commonwealth ...

Dear Editor: Just when you think lawyer advertising cannot possibly sink any lower, the TV serves up yet another piece of garbage that proves lawyers can indeed be portrayed in a baser light. A new ad has appeared in my ...

Dear Editor: I read the June 23 article (“Mandatory pro bono proposed by senator) which states that my colleague in the General Assembly, Sen. Joe Gartlan, recommends that pro bono work be mandatory for attorneys. According to your article, Sen. ...