Fish & Richardson associate Victor Boutros finds few chances for heroism in his commercial litigation work. So it was a welcome change when he became one of dozens of lawyers volunteering to fight human rights abuses in developing nations through the nonprofit International Justice Mission. They combat slavery, prostitution and human trafficking by helping in raids and training prosecutors, hoping to curb abuses by bolstering local legal infrastructures. But the organization has its critics.
June 21, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Fish & Richardson associate Victor Boutros finds few chances for heroism in his commercial litigation work.
So it was a welcome change when he recently found himself involved in a raid on a South Asia slavery operation, helping to document people experiencing freedom for the first time.
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