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Thesis
Pro Bono Artium: Understanding the Challenges of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Dec 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/t34m-5188
Abstract
This thesis discusses the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts ("VLA") network and seeks to determine the challenges the network is facing in serving their communities with sufficient pro bono legal assistance. This thesis first asks the broader question of what differentiates one VLA organization from another as well as what is similar between them. It further asks whether the current presidential administration has had any effect on the network and also questions whether a specific regional location is a contributing factor to a VLA's success. From there, it also addresses whether a particular funding structure or marketing strategy works best and also discusses other factors that were not anticipated before research was conducted. Interviews were conducted with the staffs of the three case study organizations and data was collected from their Forms 990, social media, and websites to address all of these questions. This thesis determines that the three case study organizations are facing much of the same challenges and finds that neither a particular regional location nor the current political climate has had too drastic of an influence on their operations. Finally, it provides recommendations as to how they might better serve their communities as well as suggestions for future research.
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- Title
- Pro Bono Artium
- Creators
- Natalie M. Poirier - DU
- Contributors
- Pamela Yau (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- viii, 89 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Arts Administration; Arts and Entertainment Enterprise; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 8229; 991014632831804721