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The Maryland Legal Services Corp. - which supports 28 organizations providing legal help to those with cases involving domestic abuse, landlord-tenant disputes and other issues - faces a $1 million budget shortfall because of slack interest on the accounts that help fund it.
The Maryland Legal Services Corp. supports 28 organizations.
The Maryland Legal Services Corp. does not support any more than 10 organizations.
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If you've got limited resources and you think you can do it, and the court does help, then maybe this is the one thing that you forego in order to pay for something else, said Sally Fox, a former state representative who helped write the legislation to establish Family Courts and who used to be the state director of Family Court operations.
If you think you can, and the court helps, you can do it yourself.
You shouldn't do it regardless of your means.
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One is that few lawyers are experienced in poverty law and most are reluctant - without support and assistance - to handle such cases.
Few lawyers are experienced in poverty law.
Most lawyers are experienced in poverty law.
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Lawyers in private practice give a percentage of the interest on money in trust accounts to Legal Aid organizations in all 50 states.
There are Legal Aid organizations in all 50 states.
There are Legal Aid organizations in only 49 states.
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That's best for his clients, he says, because most are people with low incomes and a history of legal problems that could prove detrimental if aired in court.
His clients will handle better because of their histories and legal standings.
His clients are all high-income earners with no legal problems.
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The Lawyers Trust Fund and LAP aim, respectively, to improve legal services to the poor to provide equal justice under the law, and to increase public confidence in the administration of justice, Chief Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow said.
Mary Ann G. McMarrow is a Chief Justice.
LAP seeks to provide legal services to the private sector only.
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Pity the poor lawyer.
Pity the poor attorney.
Embrace that rich lawyer.
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Legal Aid workers say their 13-attorney staff can provide full services for only about one in every five people who ask for them, leaving many to fend for themselves.
The staff has 13 attorneys.
Everyone who asks is provided full services.
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6 million from funding for court-appointed lawyers to the Legal Aid Society.
6 million was handed to the Legal Aid Society for court-appointed lawyers.
The Legal Aid Society received no funding because it no longer hired lawyers directly.
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Kentucky's current fee for filing a case in district court is $50.
Kentucky charges $50 to file a case.
Kentucky doesn't charge to file a case.
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The attorneys who take on These cases often do so on extremely short notice.
Usually the attorneys get to work on these cases without delay.
These cases can sit for years before an attorney works on them.
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The change would increase the cost of filing a lawsuit in Superior Court to $200.
It would cost $200 to file a lawsuit after the change.
The change will decrease the cost of filing a lawsuit.
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Organizations that provide free or pro bono services are able to maintain a better lawyer-to-client ratio because they often specialize in particular kinds of cases, Hall said.
Most pro bono organizations specialize in specific areas of the law.
Pro bono organizations have the worst lawyer-to-client ratios.
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On another front, the state's largest two bar associations are backing a measure to increase attorney registration fees by $7 to fund the Lawyers' Assistance Program.
Attorney registration fees were going to increase by $7 to assist in the financing of the Lawyer's Assistance Program.
The four largest bar associations are backing the idea to increase the registration fee by 9$.
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But even in good times - for lawyers, at least - there remain two seemingly immovable stumbling blocks for private attorneys willing to go to bat for poor people caught up in Civil Court
There are a couple stumbling blocks for lawyers who want to help poor people in civil court.
The poor people in Civil Court do not get attorneys.
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For every 200 successful [alternative exam] takers, the courts would have 30,000 pro bono hours of service, to be utilized as the courts found most compelling.
Courts would have 30,000 pro bono service hours for every 200 successful takers.
The courts would get no pro bono hours of service, ever, at all.
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In 1998, two years after Washington cut legal-aid funding by a third or $122 million - state programs started facing more rigorous requirements for grant renewals, including achieving optimal configuration of service areas.
Following the slashing of federal legal-aid funding, more pressure was put on state programs to limit grant renewals.
After Washington increased legal-aid funding, state programs relaxed requirements for grant renewals.
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8 million to the Office of the Appellate Defender, which handles appeals for indigent criminal defendants in the First Department.
The Office of the Appellate Defender handles the appeals.
There is only 1 million going to the Office.
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The grant will pay the salaries of two lawyers and an intake specialist for 18 months at the center, which will operate out of rented space in Salem's old Masonic building at 70 Washington St. Center organizers hope to obtain more funds to extend the program.
Two lawyers will be paid for by the grant.
Seventeen lawyers will be paid for by the grant.
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From simple telephone advice to complete legal representation in court, the agency provides free consumer, health, family, immigration, housing, public benefits and labor legal services to people who earn under $1,380 per month.
The agency provides services to people earning less than $1,380 a month.
People who earn more than $1,500 can get services from the agency,.
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The judges were reluctant to raise those fees but eventually decided that supporting probono services was important enough and lawyers had a responsibility to contribute to the cause, Harrison said.
The support of probono services outweighed general reluctance to increase fees.
The judges couldn't wait to raise the prices as they believed it was a long time coming.
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According to the Lawyers Trust Fund, which distributes the interest income, there are about 250 Illinois lawyers working full time in the state's 20 programs receiving LTF funds.
The Lawyers Trust Fund is the entity that distributes interest income.
The Lawyers Trust Fund doesn't distribute interest income.
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This month, the federal Violence Against Women Office awarded a two-year, $350,000 grant to the Women's Haven of Tarrant County.
The federal Violence Against Women Office awarded a two-year, $350,000 grant to the Women's Haven of Tarrant County.
The federal Violence Against Women Office has not awarded any grants this month.
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4 million has in the past come from the Legal Services Corp., the entity that disburses federal money for legal aid.
$4 million was given by Legal Services last year.
$34 million was given by Legal Services last year.
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Sixtyfive percent of the people in probate court appear without lawyers because they can't afford them.
Most people in probate can't afford lawyers.
Most people in probate are well-represented.
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New Jersey has a Legal Services budget of almost $38 million and a staff of 500, including about 200 attorneys.
New Jersey has a budget of about $38 million for their legal services.
New Jersey has a budget of about $3 million for legal services.
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Florida lawmakers are quickly moving through legislation to provide legal aid for needy families dealing with civil litigation.
Legislation is moving quickly to help needy families deal with civil litigation.
There is no help for the needy families.
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4 million of its $15 million budget from the Maryland Legal Services Corp., which was established by the General Assembly in 1982.
The General Assembly created a legal services corporation in 1982.
The Maryland Legal Services has a budget of less than $5 million.
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These three agencies, which have a total of 35 lawyers and 84 staff employees, last year provided legal advice or represented clients in disputes in over 21,000 legal matters.
There are 35 lawyers that work for the three agencies.
There are 135 lawyers that work for the three agencies.
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Legal Aid now offers some of the most creative services for legal aid found across the country, said Michael A. Millemann, a law professor at the University of Maryland and a former deputy director of the Multnomah County, Ore., Legal Aid Service.
Michael Millemann teaches law at the University of Maryland.
Michael Millemann teaches history at Notre Dame.
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A two-hour drive away, at City University of New York Law School in Queens, Rooney spends several days a week helping upstart lawyers develop storefront practices that, like his, provide legal representation to folks who can't afford a $250-an-hour legal counselor.
The City University of New York Law School is two hour away from where Rooney lives.
Rooney lives too far away to provide legal representation in Queens.
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It is when we have competent counsel representing both litigants, regardless of money, that the system works best.
Competent counsel are critical to the good functioning of the system.
Money is the biggest factor in how well the system works.
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And last August, the American Bar Association created a Commission on Loan Repayment and Forgiveness to formulate ways to expand such credits beyond the relative handful of schools offering such help - usually the more well-endowed campuses such as NYU Law, Harvard Law, Columbia Law School and Yale Law School.
Before last August, only a small number of schools offered that sort of help.
The Commission on Loan Repayment was created by the FCC, with the help of the EPC - the American Bar Association was not involved.
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The system was developed by the Legal Aid Society of Orange County with about $800,000 in grants.
About $800,000 in grants were used to develop the system.
The Legal Aid Society of Orange County had no funds available to them to develop a system.
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How would you like to have a lawyer for six months?
Would you be interested in having a lawyer for the next half a year?
I'm sure you wouldn't be interested in having a lawyer for the next few months.
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There are now more than 57,000 active attorneys in Illinois.
The state has over 57,000 attorneys that are active.
They lamented that there is only 57 active attorneys.
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[A]ttorneys providing legal assistance must have full freedom to protect the best interests of their clients.
In order to protect the best interests of their clients, attorneys must have full freedom.
Attorneys should be limited in how much freedom they have to protect their clients' best interests.
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Perhaps this is because attorneys, spurred on by campaigns such as the annual one called, And Justice for All, have been unusually generous in recent years, donating money for this purpose.
Attorneys have given a lot of money late.y
Attorneys refuse to donate.
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Legal Services is funded by Congress through an annual $329.
congress funds legal services through an annual amount.
legal services are funded by private investors and congress has no say.
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That means that we will lose money to supply one attorney, but we should be able to continue to manage.
We will lose the money that pays for our attorney.
We will lose the money that pays for our seven attorneys.
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With funding from the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, the Technology Working Group and representatives from CARPLS (the Chicago-based hotline and referral services), Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Prairie State Legal Services and Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation have formed a Best Practices group.
The Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois gives funding to the Technology Working Group.
The Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois gives no funding to the Technology Working Group.
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Now, Hall said, he wants to make services to the poor more efficient by working with law students who will handle less complicated legal matters, allowing licensed attorneys to take more high impact cases to court.
Law students could be utilized to make services more efficient.
Law students should be utilized to help attorneys with more complicated cases.
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Some lawyers will likely be laid off, and agency officials will meet this week to discuss whether to cut services, Bartylak said.
Some job cuts will be made.
All the jobs will be saved.
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The other source of free legal aid in Indiana is through district pro bono commissions established by the chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
A judge on the Indiana Supreme Court created a program that provides free legal aid in Indiana.
The legal aid provided under this program is based on a sliding pay scale and is not free.
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Not the kind of cases that lead to ground-breaking upheavals in the law, but the kind of cases that are handled day in and day out by lawyers for the legally disenfranchised who have no where else to turn.
These are the cases that lawyers handle every day.
These are the cases that lawyers handle very rarely.
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This is why those who elected the [alternative exam] would have an additional obligation-150 pro bono hours owed to the court system in the three years following admission.
Extra pro bono work for three years following admission would be required.
No extra work is required.
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There has been a decrease in funding to this Prairie State Legal office by about $50,000, Wilson said Thursday.
Prairie state legal offices will lose $50000 in funding
Prairie state legal services will gain $50000 in funding
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We've got one lawyer for every 30,000 poor people in the Valley, Hall said in Sunday's editions of The Monitor (McAllen).
In the monitor the data suggests there is 1 lawyer for every 30,000 low income people.
We've got one thousand lawyers for every thirty thousand poor people.
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5 million in federal funds under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for use in rendering assistance in domestic violence cases.
Rendering assistance in domestic violence cases can be done through 5 million in federal funds.
There are no funds available under the Violence Against Women Act .
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The report says the state would need to triple its combined public and private investment in legal services to adequately meet the legal needs of low-income Californians.
They would have to more than triple the funds to have enough to cover the lower income residents.
They had to make sure that the rich were taken care of before the poor.
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More than 2,500 lawyers in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas have helped affected families and small-business owners through local bar groups.
In New York, lawyers have helped families that have been impacted.
Only 500 lawyers in New York and Washington D.C. have helped impacted families and small businesses.
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Over the next year she realized she needed incentives to keep lawyers around after they got a few years of experience.
Experienced lawyers may require incentives to remain in some positions.
Lawyers desire fewer incentives as they become more experienced.
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Its recommendation to increase pro bono engagement was addressed in 1993 when the Florida Supreme Court mandated pro bono reporting for Florida Bar members.
The Florida Supreme Court mandated pro bono reporting for Florida Bar members in 1993.
The Florida Supreme Court mandated pro bono reporting for Florida Bar members in 1994.
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Some are put off by the cost of a hiring a divorce lawyer, which starts at about $1,500.
It costs a lot to hire a divorce lawyer.
It is free to get divorced.
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Hed used up $900 on his prior attorney, a lot of it blown on four failed attempts to get his exwife served with adoption papers.
He spent the majority of $900 in failing to serve adoption papers to his exwife.
He used free legal aid to successfully serve his exwife with adoption papers.
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-- Asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to adopt a measurable standard of 50 hours of pro bono participation per lawyer, per year as an aspirational goal under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct could govern standards for pro bono work.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court cannot dictate goals for lawyers to follow.
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Brownell also said a partnership with the Solano County Bar Association should help get the word out to attorneys who might want to donate their time.
The Solano County Bar Association could help with finding lawyers who would be willing to donate their time.
The Solano County Bar Association would be unable to help with finding lawyers who would be willing to donate their time.
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In New York, salaries at public interest law agencies can be as low as $32,000 to start, but with many entry-level jobs beginning at about $40,000.
Public interest law salaries in New York can be lower than those of many other entry level positions.
In New York, most entry level jobs start at just 2,000 dollars per year.
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The legal aid group cleared about 8,300 cases last year.
About 8,300 cases were cleared by the group last year.
The legal aid group cleared 5,000 cases last year.
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However, our inquiry to billing department staff at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, which admits nearly 6,000 patients annually, revealed not a single case of denial of payment.
The Maryland Shock Trauma Center admits nearly 6,000 patients annually.
We never submitted an inquiry to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Most new lawyers won't consider working for government or public advocacy groups because their need for money to pay off massive student loans leads them to the more lucrative private sector, a study being released Monday found.
New lawyers need to pay off large student loans.
New lawyers are happy to take low paying jobs in order to gain experience.
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Dean Harbaugh expressed skepticism about the cent ral thesis of Paper Chase to Money Chase, that debt-strapped young attorneys cannot afford public law careers.
Law careers often leave attorneys in debt.
Dean Harbaugh fully supported the financial stability of young lawyers.
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Statewide, Legal Aid will lose about $800,000 in federal funds - a cut of about 13 percent from the $6 million it got this year from the federal Legal Services Corp., which provides most of the money for Legal Aid.
Legal Aid will lose approximately $800,000 in federal funds statewide.
The Legal Aid budget will increase by about $800,000 in federal funds.
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But, they said, the proposal would save $10 million by eliminating more than 300 lawyers at the Administration for Children's Services, many of whom prosecute neglect and abuse cases in Family Court.
They said the proposal would save $10 million by eliminating lawyers.
Their proposal, as stated, would eliminate 10 million lawyers.
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The agency has 53 people on staff, including 27 attorneys, some of whom function as administrators and others who are part-time.
There are over 25 attorneys on staff at the agency.
The agency has 107 attorneys on staff and they all work full time.
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This year's gathering is limited to lawyers and paralegals working for legal aid organizations.
The gathering this year is limited to lawyers and paralegals who work for legal aid organizations.
This year's gathering is limited to poets and musicians.
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You have to pay the group's dues ($10 a year) to use the services; after that you get 30 minutes of legal counseling, either face-to-face or by phone, at no cost.
The services are only available to those who pay the $10 yearly dues.
The services are free to everyone with no dues required.
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By comparison, tax records show the director of the program at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society earned upwards of $80,000 during that time.
Tax records show that more than $80,000 was earned by the director of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.
Tax records for the program director at Atlanta Legal Aid Society are missing.
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I've never heard of a former governor going to work for a legal aid program, said Gottlieb.
Former governors are unlikely to work for legal aid programs.
Gottlieb had written a book about ten former governors who went to work for legal aid programs in their home states.
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they shouldn't even allow the lawyers to go any further i think they're kind of bending the law just they just want more money is what it is i'm sorry
Lawyers seem to be driven by greed.
Lawyers follow the law strictly.
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We may promise justice for all, but for those who can't afford a lawyer, that promise is often a lie.
For people who can't pay for legal counsel, the promise of justice for everyone is a lie more often than not.
For those who are unable to afford a lawyer, the promise of justice for all is still often fulfilled.
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Maryland ranks at the top of the list nationally in the level of funding for civil legal assistance in the state.
Maryland has the most civil legal assistance
MAryland ranks at the bottom of the list nationally
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The Smyth County bar was rather small, and the Bland County bar was Sam Hardy, Tate said, referring to the man who, for many years, was the only lawyer in Bland County.
For years the county only had one lawyer.
The county had too many lawyers.
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The three groups that deliver most of the legal aid to the poor in Illinois will lose about $920,000 in congressional funding annually, said Eric Kleiman, a spokesman for Legal Services Corp., the Washington-based agency that distributes federal money for legal aid.
Eric Kleiman is a spokesman for Legal Services Corp.
Eric Kleiman does not work for the Washington-baed Agency that distributed federal money for legal aid.
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Two years ago, American Lawyer magazine (a sister publication of the Law Journal) found that during the fat year of 1999, the approximately 50,000 lawyers at the nation's 100 highest-grossing firms spent an average of eight minutes a day on pro bono cases, or about 36 hours per year, which is down significantly from an average 56 annual hours during the recession year of 1992.
In 1999, lawyers at the nation's highest grossing firms spent 36 hours per year on pro bono cases.
In 1999, lawyers at the nation's highest grossing firms spent 52 hours per year on pro bono cases.
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Legislation circulated by the high court's lobbyist specifies that the hike would apply to attorneys paying full annual registration fees.
The lobbyist says the fee increase would be paid by attorneys.
The lobbyist says the fee increase would be paid by plaintiffs.
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If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense.
The government will assign a lawyer to you for free if you cannot afford one.
You need to come up with money to afford a lawyer.
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Pecina, 38, a machine operator at Levi Strauss & Co., has seven children and can't afford the $2,500 needed to pay for a lawyer and court costs.
Pecina can't afford a lawyer.
Pecina can afford a great lawyer.
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Shamefully, over the last decade, the average revenue of the country's most successful law firms has increased by more than 50 percent while pro- bono hours have dropped by one-third.
The average revenue of the most successful law firms have increased, but probono work has dropped.
Average revenues of law firms have not increased and pro bono hours have increased.
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But even though Legal Aid lawyers provide legal services to thousands of indigent clients in Northeast Florida, including hundreds a year in Clay County, the needs of many others go unmet due to budgetary constraints and staffing limitations.
The needs of many others go unmet due to budgetary constraints and staffing limitations, even though Legal Aid lawyers provide their services to thousands.
There are no budgetary constraints or staffing limitations, so the needs of everyone are met.
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She was a strong supporter of the recent change to the State Bar of Texas dues statement that requires attorneys to opt-out of making a contribution to legal services.
In Texas, attorneys are required to opt out of making legal service contributions.
She wasn't a supporter of the State Bar of Texas' recent change dues statement.
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John N. Erlenborn, president of the Legal Services Corp., the entity that doles out federal money for legal aid, will announce at the conference that Illinois will suffer seven-figure funding cuts next year because of newly released census figures.
Illinois is facing big cuts.
Illinois is facing big budget increases.
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Some changes, including eliminating pay differences between attorneys as well as staff support members across the state and technology training, could be two years in the making, Hall said.
It could take several years to equalize the pay of attorneys and support staff across the state.
Hall said that there was no plan to ever equalize pay rates across the state.
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If a poor person gets run over by a bus, an attorney might take that case because they might be able to recover part of the damage award as attorney fees.
Attorneys take certain cases because they know there is an opportunity to be paid later.
A poor person is not eligible for legal help when they are injured.
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Under federal law, money for legal aid is distributed to the states based on the number of indigent residents.
Money for aid is distributed based on population statistics.
The states decide who is to receive aid money and how much aid money.
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I think that the poor population in the true rural areas will benefit from more attorneys with a wide range of expertise.
I think they will benefit from the new attorneys.
The attorneys need to have a narrow range of experience.
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Mancy Mintie's Uncommon Good organization pays the school debts of attorneys and health-care workers dedicated to serving those less fortunate.
Mancy Mintie's organization pays the student loans of lawyers and health-care workers who serve the poor.
Mancy Mintie is looking for lawyers to exploit.
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In part, grants from the Colorado Lawyers Trust Account Foundation defray some of the costs associated with maintaining a strong pro bono, program.
Money from the Colorado Lawyers Trust Account Foundation help with costs of maintaining a pro bono program.
There is not a pro bono program associated with the Colorado Lawyers Trust Account Foundation.
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which is why i'm going to enjoy the paralegal field a lot
I am going to be a paralegal one day.
I don't want any job concerning the law or justice process.
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Such services are usually provided by lawyers through various public interest programs at no fee or a reduced fee as part their ethical commitment under the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Lawyers often give those services through public interest programs for free.
Lawyers often give those services through public interest programs at a high cost.
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The legislation would increase that supplement on filing civil cases from $5 to $10 in district courts and from $10 to $20 in circuit courts.
Legislation would increase the price of civil cases to $10 and circuit courts to $20
Legislation chose to keep the filing prices the same
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Those wishing to speak to the attorneys are allowed up to 20 minutes to discuss their cases and receive advice on how to proceed.
Attorneys can discuss cases and give advice on how to proceed.
Nobody may ever speak with the attorneys for any reason.
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James is one of more than 3,000 clients served last year by MALS, which provides assistance for civil matters, such as domestic abuse and family-related problems, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income, veterans, housing and consumer fraud cases.
There were 3,000 clients.
There were only 4 clients.
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The lawyers who work for Alabama's programs are not highly paid.
The lawyers working in Alabama programs are not paid high enough.
The lawyers working in Alabama programs are very well compensated.
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A West Tennessee nonprofit organization will use a $300,000 federal grant to hire an attorney and a Spanish-speaking paralegal to help provide legal assistance to domestic violence victims.
Federal grants may be used for legal fees.
Nonprofit organizations are ineligible for federal grants.
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There's not a lot of low-cost counsel available.
Most counsellor are expensive, there are not many low-cost counsellors available.
There is an abundance of low-cost counsellors available.
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Even though more than 150,000 people in Shelby, Fayette, Tipton and Lauderdale counties qualify for public legal aid, the latest census shows a loss of 10,166 poverty-level clients in the area.
The amount of people in poverty is lower.
All the residents were living in poverty.
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As for attorneys who handle contingency cases or who are salaried, Wagonheim said they could participate by donating some amount that approximated such a donation.
Wagonheim said they could donate.
Wagonheim said they could not donate, just volunteer.
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The Access to Justice fees are sent to a foundation that provides money to legal aid services such as Bowling Green's Kentucky Legal Aid.
The fees help pay for legal aid services.
The fees do not help pay for legal aid services.
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More than 312,000 people in the eastern Missouri counties stretching from the Iowa border to Jefferson County qualify for legal aid, an increase of more than 10 percent from 1990.
The number of people who can qualify for legal aid in the eastern Missouri counties has been increasing since 1990.
The number of people who can qualify for legal aid in the eastern Missouri counties has been decreasing since 1990.
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