Public Interest and Pro Bono Project

Duke Law School - 070046

Abstract Number: 070046

July 2007

The Public Interest and Pro Bono Project at Duke Law School in Durham, NC offers many opportunities for law students to engage and reflect on values of service and commitment.  Pro Bono opportunities for students are provided in a wide range of substantive areas of the law. In addition, students enjoy a variety of public interest events that foster a community that values service.  For example, since1998, an annual Public Interest retreat gives students, faculty, administrators and alumni interested in and committed to public service a chance to spend a weekend in the woods reflecting on their public service aspirations and achievements.   Another yearly event is the Southern Justice Spring Break Trip which arranges for students to spend their spring break working in places such as Appalachian Kentucky and New Orleans, and at prominent organizations such as the Southern Centre for Human Rights in Atlanta and the Mississippi Center for Justice in Jackson, MS. The Pro Bono Project offers more than 100 placements, varying in location, substantive law area, job function, and time requirement, to fit students' interests and needs.  Student leadership is key to the program, and public interest activities and pro bono groups are led by a 50-member student board.

For more information please visit: http://www.law.duke.edu/publicinterest/

Contact Information

Carol Spruill
Associate Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono
& Senior Lecturing Fellow
Duke Law School
Box 90360
Durham, NC 27708-0360
Phone (919) 613-7130
Fax (919) 613-9001

Spruill@law.duke.edu
Office of Public Interest & Pro Bono at
www.law.duke.edu/publicinterest

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