2018 Pro Bono Society Induction and Posner Exchange

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A Conversation with James J. Sandman
President of the Legal Services Corporation, Washington, DC

James J. Sandman has been president of the Legal Services Corporation since 2011. He practiced law with Arnold & Porter LLP for 30 years and served as the firm's managing partner for a decade. He is a past president of the 100,000-member District of Columbia Bar and former general counsel for the District of Columbia Public Schools. Sandman graduated from Boston College, summa cum laude, and received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Max Rosenn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.