Corporate Work Is Public Interest, SEC’s Peirce Tells Students

• Corporate work is in public interest “because companies contribute so much to the well-being of society,” Peirce says

• Corporate philanthropy is good, but “we need not look beyond the core profit-making activities of the corporation,” she adds

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Law students who want to change the world should consider representing corporations as a form of public interest work, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said.

“Representing corporations also can be a form of public interest law because companies contribute so much to the well-being of society,” Peirce told a University of Michigan Law ...