On the issues of pro bono services and acceptance of court appointments,

a. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct encourage, but do not require, lawyers to engage in pro bono work.
b. Lawyers are advised to do a majority of their work by helping provide legal services to persons of limited means.
c. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct require lawyers to engage in fifty hours of pro bono work every year.
d. A lawyer cannot decline a court appointment except where the lawyer is not competent to handle the case.
e. The United States Supreme Court has held that states cannot require lawyers to engage in pro bono work.