Ideal practice

The public good is one of the ideals of justice. The Latin phrase, pro bono publico, means exactly that.

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This larger context was recalled when the Supreme Court judge, Aravind Kumar, said to the young lawyers at the 15th convocation of the Gujarat National Law University that the profession was not merely about building careers but also about public trust. The judge said that pro bono — conducting a case with no payment — was the soul of advocacy. While lawyers must earn and grow, only chasing billed hours and designations was to lose this soul. He believed that lawyers should take on at least one pro bono case every year. They should visit legal aid clinics and help — perhaps a distressed woman or an underprivileged man. It is the