今天,在美国较大的律师事务所中,大多有一个被称为“pro bono”的法律部门,该部门动员和组织律师办理各种形式的公益诉讼案件。放眼望去,在世界许多国家,各具特色但性质相同的公益诉讼实践也在如火如荼地开展。公益法律人(包括但不限于职业律师、非政府组织中的志愿者、积极的 Today, most of the larger U.S. law firms have a legal department called “pro bono,” which mobilizes and organizes lawyers to handle various forms of public interest litigation. Looking ahead, in many countries in the world, different characteristics of the same nature of public interest litigation practice is also in full swing. Public legal persons (including but not limited to professional lawyers, volunteers in non-governmental organizations, active