Book contents
- Global Pro Bono
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Global Pro Bono
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter One What Is Global about Pro Bono and What Is Global Pro Bono About?
- Part One The Americas
- Part Two Europe
- Chapter Six Le Pro Bono: The Development of Legal Volunteerism in Europe
- Chapter Seven An Explosion of Legal Philanthropy? The Transformation of Pro Bono Legal Services in England and Wales
- Chapter Eight No lawyers without Generosity: lessons on pro bono from france
- Chapter Nine Narrowing the Justice Gap: Clearinghouses for Spain
- Chapter Ten Pro Bono in Portugal
- Chapter Eleven Lawyers’ Pro Bono Work in Denmark
- Part Three OCEANIA
- Part Four Africa
- Part Five Asia
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Chapter Eleven - Lawyers’ Pro Bono Work in Denmark
from Part Two - Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2022
- Global Pro Bono
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Global Pro Bono
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter One What Is Global about Pro Bono and What Is Global Pro Bono About?
- Part One The Americas
- Part Two Europe
- Chapter Six Le Pro Bono: The Development of Legal Volunteerism in Europe
- Chapter Seven An Explosion of Legal Philanthropy? The Transformation of Pro Bono Legal Services in England and Wales
- Chapter Eight No lawyers without Generosity: lessons on pro bono from france
- Chapter Nine Narrowing the Justice Gap: Clearinghouses for Spain
- Chapter Ten Pro Bono in Portugal
- Chapter Eleven Lawyers’ Pro Bono Work in Denmark
- Part Three OCEANIA
- Part Four Africa
- Part Five Asia
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Summary
Voluntary work has always been a part of Danish lawyers’ DNA and is an integrated part of their self-understanding. However, to understand the extent and development of legal pro bono work in Denmark, which is the aim of this chapter, it is important to emphasize the duality between the restructuring of the modern universal welfare state and the marketization of legal practice. Denmark has a population of nearly 5.8 million and approximately 15,700 legal professionals. Anyone with a master’s degree in law is called a “jurist” and considered a member of the legal profession. The title qualifies for many career paths and, with further training, also grants access to monopolized positions as lawyers (or advocates), judges (magistrates, high court, and supreme court judges), and public prosecutors. Approximately one-third of all jurists work in public administration (government departments, counties, and municipalities) and one-third as lawyers or attorneys-at-law.
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- Global Pro BonoCauses, Context, and Contestation, pp. 446 - 474Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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