SOCY 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pro Bono

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 303
• Professor: Andrew Silver

Document Summary

Logic of commercialism vs logic of professionalism. Study of accountants independence as core construct of what it means to be a professional; professionals maintain independence to be objective; objectivity is central to professionalism. Implications of working with diverse groups of professionals loss of identity, community. Giving back and serving the public interest: pro bono (commings and sandefur) Focus on law profession institutional dimensions of pro bono. Context: million of hours provided, but decline in recent years. How and why did pro bono develop as a norm expected. Pro bono means for the public good. Studying it allows us to address central question balance between self interest, professional status, authority and orientation towards public and public good. Professionals are granted authority in exchange for being guardian of public good. Lawyer statesman model moving in and out of the public sphere/their role. People"s lawyer use their influence with powerful clients to steer them towards most socially just outcome.