Dean Phillip Closius recently sent this message to UBSPI about the importance of public interest law in today's society and the need to support young lawyers in this field:
"Lawyers who work in the public interest frequently sacrifice personal income in order to benefit the greater good. I believe that we could not think of ourselves as any kind of a just society without the dedication and self-sacrifice of public interest lawyers. Given the many economic and cultural issues which confront modern America, the need for such attorneys is at an all time high. At the University of Baltimore School of Law, our definition of law as a profession includes an obligation to support lawyers who work in the public interest. We evidence this commitment by encouraging students with an inclination to practice in that area to do so and by exhorting those who do not to assist public interest lawyers financially. Our duty to support public interest law has never been greater."
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