Rule 2-A. Aspirational Goals for Lawyer Professionalism
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(b) Aspirational Goals for Public Interest Legal Service. A lawyer
engaged in active practice in the State of Maine should render unpaid public interest legal
service of a type and amount reasonable in all the circumstances. For purposes of
this rule, "unpaid public interest legal service" means:
(1) The provision of professional services at no fee or a reduced fee to
persons of limited means;
(2) Participation in a program under which free legal services to the
indigent are provided by individual lawyers upon referral from a central agency;
(3) The provision of professional services at no fee or a reduced fee
to charitable organizations that provide services or support for the indigent; or
(4) Service in activities for improving the law, the legal system,
or the legal profession.
