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as long as you got practicing lawyers in politics they're going to rig the laws to where they know they're never going to run out of business
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Politicking lawyers will make sure that they never run out of work.
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I'm not worried about lawyers in politics.
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The lack of a legal aid presence in Pomona prompted the bar association and court officials to start their own once-monthly family law clinic.
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Since there was no legal aid in Pomona, the bar association started a monthly family law clinic.
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There was too much legal aid in Pomona.
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On the state level, funding from the Interest on Lawyer Account fund has decreased by half during the 1990's due to declining interest rates.
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Interest on Lawyer Account fund has been on a decrease due to declining interest rates.
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The profits have been humongous on Interest on Lawyer Account fund.
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I was so focused on bringing in new young lawyers right out of school because that was what we could afford.
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We hired young lawyers because we did not have much money.
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Young lawyers command the most money in the industry.
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4 million for the Lawyers Trust Fund and more than $400,000 for LAP, to provide additional staff and resources.
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The Lawyers Trust Fund and the LAP fund staff and resources.
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There is no money donated from the Lawyers Trust Fund.
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It has been requiring states to consolidate legal aid groups in an attempt to conserve money and improve services.
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States are consolidating legal aid groups in order to save money.
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States aren't consolidating legal aid groups in order to save money.
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For years, lawyers at Ice Miller, the state's second-largest firm, have earned bigger bonuses by clocking pro bono hours.
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The lawyers were able to make more money with the pro bono gigs.
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They had lost hundreds from doing pro bono hours.
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The agency provides free legal representation in civil cases to about 24,000 low-income people annually.
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About 24,000 people are given free legal services every year.
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Only about 1,000 low-income individuals are given free legal representation each year.
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The TEAJF grants will allow 39 Texas organizations, five of which are located in Dallas County and two of which are located in Tarrant County, to continue or increase their services to ensure that all Texans are afforded access to justice.
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The grants help the organizations to continue to provide access to legal aid to those in need.
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The funding was leveled and programs did not receive an increase.
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Of the 4.3 million state residents who find themselves in court each year, more than half are pro per, or self-represented litigants.
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Over 4 million residents find themselves in court each year.
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Less than half of the 4.3 million residents in court are proper self represented litigants.
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In personal-injury cases, an attorney can work for a contingency fee, she said.
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Attorneys can work for contingency fees in personal-injury cases.
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Attorneys are not permitted to work for contingency fees when they are handling a personal-injury case.
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But the ordeal is even more difficult for victims who can't afford a lawyer.
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If you can't afford a lawyer, things become even more difficult.
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The ordeal is not impacted by income levels.
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Legal aid lawyers in Kentucky have put together an action team and held frequent statewide conference calls in response to concerns from aid recipients and advocates that the Anthem payouts could cost people their benefits, at least temporarily.
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Kentucky lawyers have tried to address Anthem's payouts.
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Kentucky lawyers have refused to address Anthem's payouts.
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Though he would not disclose specific ideas on implementing debt relief in order to make public law a viable option for young attorneys, he added, It's an enormous problem.
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He did not speak about any specifics regarding the plans for debt relief.
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The exact parameters and ideas of debt relief were spoken about at length.
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While these attorneys are joined by thousands of volunteer attorneys who last year contributed more than 27,000 hours of free legal assistance, civil justice is still unavailable for thousands who need it.
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Some people do not have access to Legal Services in their area
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Today everyone has access to Legal Services.
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Donors may earmark contributions to go to the Legal Aid Bureau for use in Baltimore County, to charitable programs run by the Baltimore County Bar Foundation, or to benefit families of firefighters and rescue workers who are killed or injured.
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Donors can designate contributions to go to the bureau in Baltimore County.
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Donors cannot designate contributions to go to the bureau in Baltimore County.
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He sees attorneys new to poverty law leave all the time because they can't afford the salary with their law school debt.
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He believed newcomers who start practicing poverty law, quits because of the low returns, considering the huge college debt.
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Fresh graduates who practice poverty law, earn most among peers.
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This debt burden, coupled with the famously low salaries in the legal services community, dramatically reduces the ability of our grantees to attract and retain high quality new lawyers.
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High quality new lawyers are hard to find.
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High quality new lawyers are very easy to find leading to lower salaries.
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Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, which serves the Lexington area and northern Kentucky, could not be reached for an estimate on its cuts.
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We could not reach them for an estimate.
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We managed to get their estimate on its cuts.
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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri does receive the valuable volunteer assistance of more than 1,500 attorneys.
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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri gets help from many attorneys.
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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri gets help from just five attorneys.
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Stewart Ralphs, the executive director of the Legal Aid Society, explained that the Community Legal Center Campaign still has a long ways to go, with a bit more than half of the $4 million projected cost received so far.
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Stewart Ralphs is the executive director of the Legal Aid Society.
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Steward Ralphs is not a part of the Legal Aid Society.
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The remaining 20 lawyers work either in the LSNY central office or in the two programs it directly one for the elderly and the other for the poor in the Williamsburg and Brighton Beach sections of Brooklyn.
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There are programs for the elderly and the poor in Brooklyn which are staffed by lawyers.
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No lawyers are present in the LSNY offices because the program ended last year.
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Pro bono attorneys are a valuable asset for low-income people who have legal problems.
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Poor people can benefit from lawyers who do pro bono work.
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Pro bono attorneys only offer their services to the wealthy.
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He also asked that local lawyers double the time they gave to the poor.
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Local lawyers are asked to double the time they advise the poor.
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Local lawyers don't give any time to the poor.
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22, the Essex County Family Legal Aid Center will provide free legal assistance to low-income domestic violence victims in civil court.
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Free legal assistance to low-income domestic violence victims in civil court is provided by the Essex County Family Legal Aid Center.
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There is no free legal assistance available anywhere.
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A letter-writing campaign asks every lawyer in Maryland to donate at least the dollar value of one billable hour - typically a couple of hundred dollars - to the Legal Aid Bureau.
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A campaign asks lawyers in Maryland to donate money to legal aid.
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A campaign asks lawyers in Ohio to donate money to legal aid.
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Last year, the state domestic violence coalition received a VAWA grant to set up 13 new local pro bono programs in the 13 communities where there are domestic violence shelters.
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The state received a grant to set up 13 new local pro bono programs.
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The state received a grant to set up 2 new pro bono programs.
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In addition, Maryland has two law schools that are very active in delivering legal services to low- income persons in a variety of areas.
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Maryland has two law schools that work in legal services for the poor.
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There are no law schools in Maryland.
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The additional revenue from higher court-filing fees will total about $60,000 a year, of which approximately $40,000 will be spent on salary for an additional lawyer to assist Gloria Einstein, who has been the only Legal Aid lawyer in Clay County for many years.
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Higher court-filing fees will bring in about $60,000 in additional revenue which can be used to pay for an assistant to Gloria Einstein.
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The revenue from higher court-filing fees will be insignificant.
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Members of the state's Access to Justice Network, these organizations work with thousands of volunteer attorneys to ensure that justice is available to those who face critical legal problems and can't afford private legal counsel.
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Thousands of attorneys volunteer to help people who can't afford it.
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Attorneys refuse to help those who can't afford it.
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Malpractice lawyers profit when hospitals confess error.
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Malpractice lawyers make gains when hospitals admit to mistakes.
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Malpractice lawyers lose out when hospitals admit errors.
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Funding cuts in free legal aid for 2003 could mean less access to courts for the poor, but the District 9 Pro Bono Commission is hoping to fill the gap.
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Cuts in funding may lead to less access to courtrooms for impoverished people.
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Poor people will have more access to courtrooms as a result of funding cuts.
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In addition, the courts have assessed a fee on civil filings, a funding source that supports the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund.
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The courts charge a filing fee.
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There is no filing fee.
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Someone in Natalia that may not otherwise have access to an attorney for counsel or advice will be able to have that.
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Not everyone in Natalia has access to an attorney for counsel.
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Everyone in Natalia can afford to get an attorney for counsel.
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The main problem we're facing today is the fact that there are [698,079] people living at or below the federal poverty guidelines in Alabama and we have, in our 60 counties, 45 lawyers to serve 76 percent of that population, Waters said.
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There are many people living in poverty and only 45 lawyers to serve 76 percent of that population.
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Alabama does not have a problem with poverty.
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Another kind of attorney volunteerism deserves a salute on this Law Day -- the tireless pro bono efforts of lawyers, whereby attorneys take no fee for legal work that enables people of limited means to get the help they need.
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Recognition needs to be given to those in the legal field who work some cases for free.
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Lawyers prefer to be paid in chicklets.
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He did not hire any of the old program's nine lawyers and has yet to permanently place any of his 18 new hires in the San Gabriel-Pomona Valley.
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None of the old program's 9 lawyers were hired.
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The program went out of the way to ensure that the 9 lawyers from the old program were promoted inside the program.
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Government lawyers are obliged to enforce laws, not to protect an official.
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Government lawyers are not obliged to protect officials from the law.
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Government lawyers have to protect officials from legal trouble.
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SPRINGFIELD -- Registration fees for Illinois lawyers could jump as much as $49 a year if lawmakers adopt two separate measures to bolster pro-bono services and support for lawyers with drug and alcohol problems.
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If lawmakers adopt new measures the registration fees for lawyers will rise.
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Lawyers with drug and alcohol problems are often referred to as dingbats, thus the $49 registration fee.
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Smiths one-lawyer foundation basically helps the folks who have too much money to qualify for the federally funded Utah Legal Services, but not enough money to afford a lawyer.
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Lawyers can get initial help from Smiths one-lawyer foundation, but not continue being a full-time here.
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The equal participation at Smiths one-lawyer foundation, makes it a good company.
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The Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, the largest Texas-based funding source for legal aid organizations in the state, has awarded Justice Deborah Hankinson the prestigious Harold F. Kleinman award for outstanding contributions to the delivery of civil legal services to the poor.
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The Texas Equal access to Justice foundation gives the most money to legal services.
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The Texas Equal access to Justice foundation gives no money to legal aid charities.
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Boone County Legal Aid, which for 31 years has provided legal services to those who couldn't afford them, will close in February if a $10,000 grant from Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino is not awarded.
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If it doesn't receive the grant, Boone County Legal Aid will have to close.
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Even without the grant, Boone County Legal Aid will continue to serve the public.
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The $175,000 requested would have allowed the legal aid groups to maintain a skeleton staff to continue providing help beyond emergency protective orders for victims, completing existing cases and offering services in limited cases.
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Legal aid asked for $175,000.
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Legal aid asked for $475,000 to fund their law clinic.
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About 20 percent of Oregon residents qualify for the legal aid but only about 111 lawyers (less than 1 percent of the bar) compose the state's legal aid services network.
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While one-fifth of the people in Oregon qualify for legal assistance, there are only 111 lawyers to go around.
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The number of legal aid lawyers outnumbers the residents who need help.
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Most of the latest increase -- $42 -- will go to the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, which disburses monies to legal aid organizations that assist low- income residents in civil matters.
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The Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois is going to receive the majority of the increase.
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The Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois won't receive anything from the increase.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis has blocked a judge's proposal to give as much as $750,000 to organizations that provide legal services for the poor.
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A judge proposed that $750,000 be given to help provide legal services to the poor.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld the judge's recommendation to increase funding.
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Attorneys handle no criminal cases.
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Criminal cases are not the responsibility of attorneys.
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Attorneys are often given the task of handling criminal cases.
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4 million in city funding for civil legal services work done by the Legal Aid Society and Legal Services for New York City, which the Mayor had proposed cutting.
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The Mayor would like to reduce the subsidy for the Legal Aid Society and Legal Services by around $4 million.
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The Mayor proposes increasing funding of the Legal Aid Society and Legal Services by $20 million this year.
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Only some of them receive help from the Civil Court's Self-Representation Office, which Dean Glen termed a valiant attempt at fair resolution.
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Only some of them get help from the office.
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Everyone gets help from the office.
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Last year, about 7,200 people were given quick legal advice over the telephone and by email, but that number may drop by 1,000 to 2,000 with the staff cuts this year, Mandel said.
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Over 7000 people were given legal help in writing or on the phone.
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239842 people get emailed legal assistance.
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The other $7 will go the Lawyers' Assistance Program Inc., which helps lawyers overcome drug or alcohol addiction and mental illness.
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The Lawyer's Assistance Program Inc helps lawyers who suffer from drug or alcohol addiction and have a mental illness.
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The other seven million will go the the Lawyer's Assistance Program Inc, which helps lawyers finance their drug addictions.
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The Idaho Partners for Justice Project has already secured pledges of more than $35,000 from law firms, attorneys, corporations and individuals.
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The Idaho Partners for Justice Project was given $35,000.
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The Idaho Partners for Justice Project was given $200,000.
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One step toward that goal was a recent pledge by some of the state's leading lawyers to raise up to $1 million for the firm over the next three years.
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Some lawyers have pledged to raise up to one million dollars.
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Nobody has expressed a willingness to help the firm raise money.
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Maryland has a surcharge on court filing fees that goes to legal services for the needy.
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Maryland has a surcharge on court filing fees.
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Maryland has no surcharge on court filing fees.
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In 1996, a Republican-controlled Congress prohibited lawyers receiving federal funding - the mainstay of nearly all poverty law offices - from engaging in class-action lawsuits and matters involving abortion, illegal immigration or challenges to reduced welfare benefits inaugurated by President Clinton and some other Democrats.
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In 1996, Congress said lawyers cannot receive federal funding.
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Congress is fine with the federal government giving money to lawyers.
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Marsha Chwastiak, an attorney in the Pottsville office of Mid-Penn Legal Services, said she would like to see more funds made available to provide social services for troubled families grappling with domestic violence issues.
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Chwastiak thinks that more funds should be available for domestic violence issues.
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Chwastiak thinks funding should be cut for domestic violence issues.
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The Lawyers Trust Fund administers the high court's Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts, or IOLTA, a program that pools clients' money, escrow funds, for instance, and that in turn generates income for the trust fund.
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IOLTA uses pools money to earn income for the trust fund.
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IOLTA has not had income in decades.
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The Passaic County Legal Aid Society is suing to block a proposal to reduce New Jersey's 14 legal-services areas to six, claiming the consolidation is a concerted effort to defund the Passaic branch.
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There is a proposal to reduce New Jersey's legal services by 8.
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The Passaic County Legal Aid Society is supportive of the consolidation efforts.
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so uh i do although i'm a lawyer's daughter and i have lawyer's and judges on both sides of the family and uncles and cousins and things like that i really
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Well, I do, but my family is deeply involved in the legal profession.
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I certainly don't and there are no lawyers in my family.
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Responding to concerns on the part of the MCCJ, the Pro Bono Resource Center, and others that, despite a long history of strong pro bono commitment, some momentum appears to have been lost in recent years, the Court of Appeals established the Maryland Judicial Commission on Pro Bono in 1998 to reinvigorate the pro bono effort.
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Some movement in the Pro Bono arena may have been dwindling.
|
The pro bono effort has been growing strong since its inception.
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Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride will deliver the keynote speech to the legal aid providers on Monday and will discuss the high court's plan to hike attorney registration fees by $42 to cover the shortfall in the interest income.
|
Thomas L. Kilbride will speak to legal aid providers about increasing the attorney registration fee by $42.
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Attorney registration fees will be decreased.
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Its budget comes from lawyer contributions, grants and interest from lawyers' trust accounts, For 2002, the foundation awarded nearly $950,000 to 11 agencies (see sidebar).
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The 11 agencies had funding from the foundation.
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They did not receive any donations from the lawyers contributions.
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Esther F. Lardent, director of the Pro Bono Institute at Georgetown University Law Center, said the good economic times of the late '90s saw lawyers at large firms suddenly responsible for as many as 2,300 billable hours per year, compared with the less time- consuming and more typical 1,700 hours.
|
Esther F. Lardent stated that the yearly billable hours averages at approximately 1700 hours.
|
Esther F. Lardent claimed that lawyers saw a huge decrease in billable hours per hear for the 1990s.
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Lately, Mr. Gray and his fellow grayheads have been discussing the With the increasing disparity in salaries between public and private law, is it more difficult to recruit and hire the kind of idealistic young lawyers who seemed to be everywhere in the '60s?
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Mr. Gray has been discussing with his grayheads recently.
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Recruiting young lawyers is easier than ever.
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Of the $329 million appropriated by Congress to Legal Services Corp. this year, the Valley receives about $15 million to $20 million and employs about 37 staff lawyers.
|
The Valley gets a fraction of the Legal Servies budget.
|
The Valley gets a huge chunk of the Legal Servies budget.
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Barnes and Thornburg, the state's largest firm, asked all of its lawyers to volunteer at least 25 hours a year helping low-income people on the clock.
|
The largest firm asked their lawyers to volunteer each year.
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The largest firm asked their lawyers to stop volunteering.
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Since 1996 Legal Aid has increased its annual revenue by $6 million, renovated all of its offices and increased staff salaries Co which helps explain why 7 out of 13 chief (or managing) attorneys around the state are former Legal Aid lawyers who returned after stints in private or government practice.
|
Legal Aid raised its staff salaries and did some work on its offices.
|
Legal Aid made some salary cuts for its staff, since 1996.
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Resources expended in supporting efforts such as community legal education, outreach, state planning and resource development also would not be factored into the program's cost-per-case.
|
Resources expended in supporting efforts such as community legal education outreach state planning
|
Resources expended in supporting efforts such as community legal education don't outreach state planning
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For those worried about the indebtedness of young attorneys -- and how this affects the future of government and public interest law -- fresh anxiety arrived last month with a national survey showing that two-thirds of today's law school graduates cannot afford to think about taking low-paying jobs.
|
Young attorneys are forced to seek high-paying jobs to pay their bills.
|
All attorney jobs are high-paying.
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It was a time when progressive young lawyers began a long struggle - not yet won - for the right of all poor people to free and effective legal counsel.
|
Progressive lawyers fought for the rights of the poor.
|
Progressive lawyers were fighting for the right of all poor people to have legal counsel at a reduced price.
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The agency has only about a half dozen attorneys for 18 counties, Mathews said.
|
Matthew informed that their is only about six attorneys for 18 countries from the agency.
|
The agency has over 100 attorneys for 18 countries.
|
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They were spending obscene amounts of money on litigation--as much as $750 million a year, by one account--and the strain of wondering if this case would be the one that broke the bank couldn't have made working at these companies much fun.
|
The case has been expensive for their companies.
|
They are spending less that $1 million a year on the case.
|
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The work by the Larimer County Bar Association has been going on for 18 years, and in that time several thousand clients have been served.
|
Several thousand clients have been served through the 18 years, that the Larimer County Bar Association has been working for.
|
5 years was the total time that the Larimer County Bar worked for, until it bankrupted.
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Yet only 23 percent of the state's 23,598 active lawyers reported meeting the Georgia State Bar's goal of 50 hours of pro-bono service in 2002.
|
Less than half of the lawyers met the goal.
|
The overwhelming majority of the lawyers met the pro-bono goal.
|
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Legal Aid has about 25 staff members in its Harlem office, currently located on the sixth and seventh floors of the Hotel Theresa.
|
In it's Harlem office, Legal Aid has approximately 25 staff members.
|
Legal Aid has 100 staff members in its Harlem office.
|
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|
Michigan will lose $2 million in federal funding and $600,000 in state funding to provide legal aid to the poor in 2003, according to Deierdre L. Weir, executive director of the Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc., the state's largest provider of legal services to the poor.
|
Deierdre L. Weir is executive director of the Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc.
|
There are no legal services provided to the poor in Michigan.
|
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|
Through support for legal aid we can make sure we are not closing courthouse doors on anybody, Balmer told about 20 lawyers, judicial and legislative leaders during the open house.
|
They told the leaders that they are able to make the courthouse accessible to all through legal aid services.
|
They had to close the doors before the open house began.
|
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|
to afford adequate legal counsel.
|
To be able to pay for legal counsel.
|
Fortunately, all legal counsel is free.
|
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|
The National Association for Public Interest Law leads the country in organizing, training and supporting public service-minded law students and in creating summer and postgraduate public interest jobs that bring equal justice to millions of low-income persons and families.
|
The National Association for Public Interest Law leads the country in supporting law students.
|
The National Association for Public Interest Law does not have any offers to help law students.
|
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|
Gray Davis and leaders in the Legislature, the state committed $10 million a year to legal aid for the poor.
|
The poor received $10 million in legal assistance from the state.
|
The state was not able to commit any money for the poor community's legal aid.
|
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|
Only 23 percent of the roughly 1 million attorneys in America volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually, according to the ABA.
|
Very few attorneys volunteer pro bono service.
|
Majority of lawyers volunteer.
|
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|
The American Bar Association recommends that private firm attorneys contribute 50 hours per year to pro bono work.
|
It is recommended that private attorneys to 50 hours of pro bono work yearly.
|
Lawyers will never do any of their work for free.
|
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|
Despite the success of LSC and its many contributions to access to justice for low-income Americans, its achievements are overshadowed by the fact that so many in our society continue to suffer injustice and are unable to gain access to a lawyer for critical legal assistance.
|
Unfortunately, even though there have been many great achievements, many people in America are not able to afford an attorney when they need them.
|
All Americans and other people in our society are able to gain access to a lawyer whenever they need.
|
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|
On Law Day, lawyers throughout the nation are going back to school.
|
On Law Day, lawyers around the nation are going to go back to school.
|
On Law Day, lawyers around the nation are leaving school and going out into the real world.
|
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|
Legal Aid attorney Sharon Lee Schwartz knew when she entered law school at Georgetown University that she wanted to use her training to help others.
|
Sharen Lee Schwartz is a Legal Aid attorney who entered law school at Georgetown.
|
Sharen Lee Schwartz never attended Georgetown University.
|
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|
The Lippo group also paid $100,000 to former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell last year, while he was waiting to begin a jail term for bilking clients of his former law firm.
|
General Webster Hubbell was waiting to serve a jail term.
|
General Webster Hubbell has never had a law firm.
|
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|
Unable to afford private legal counsel, the families asked for help from legal services attorneys at the Northwest Justice Project and Columbia Legal Services.
|
The families asked for help from legal services because they could not afford private legal counsel.
|
The families were able to afford private legal counsel.
|
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|
For better or for worse, money can be an issue for young public interest lawyers - whether or not they have debts.
|
There young lawyers are affected by money.
|
The money is not an issue.
|
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|
This has a multiplier one lawyer trains 20 social workers, each of whom helps 50 clients, resulting in 1,000 people and families getting legal information, materials or referrals they might otherwise not have had.
|
20 social workers are trained by one lawyer.
|
The lawyer is incompetent and didn't help anyone.
|
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|
A case that is eligible to be counted as such must include some actual counsel and advice or other legal assistance provided to the client.
|
To have an eligible case, you need to have provided counsel and advice.
|
The case should be counted prior to any legal assistance.
|
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|
Legal Aid lawyers help victims of domestic violence, and they supervise the ombudsman program that sends advocates into all the state's nursing homes.
|
Victims of domestic violence are among those who Legal Aid lawyer help.
|
Domestic violence victims are never helped by Legal Aid lawyers.
|
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|
The cuts have meant staff reductions in Indiana Legal Services' Indianapolis office, eliminating one attorney, two paralegals and one administrator, Mathews said.
|
There have been staff cuts in Indiana Legal Services.
|
There have been budget cuts in Indiana Legal Services leading to reduced wages.
|
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|
Another 100 attorneys work part time for those programs.
|
100 attorneys work part time in those programs.
|
Only 2 attorneys work part time in the programs.
|
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|
Lawyers discount their usual rate by 20% after that.
|
Lawyers can lower their rate after.
|
Lawyers always charge the same amount, even after that.
|
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|
There are no reliable numbers to determine how many cases are handled by private attorneys for free, but those contributions are minor.
|
The number of cases handled by private attorneys for free is undetermined.
|
There are reliable numbers.
|
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]
},
"topic": "Lawyers"
}
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Paying lawyers for pro bono work is out of the question.
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Paying lawyers for work done for free is not the point.
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Lawyers should be paid regardless.
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Legal Aid of West Virginia announced Wednesday that it has already raised $300,000 toward a three-year goal of $1.
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Legal Aid of West Virginia is the middle of raising funds.
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Legal Aid of West Virginia has not yet received any donations.
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},
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}
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The Legal Services Corporation provided funding for two facilitators and lodging and meal costs were paid for by the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois.
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Lodging and meal costs were paid for by the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois for the two facilitators.
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The facilitators had to pay for their own lodging and meals.
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For firms with more than 150 lawyers in tow, the range is from $200 to more than $320 an hour, the survey found, not counting the dinners, taxi rides and other extras that are often tacked onto the bill.
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It costs between 200 and 320 dollars an hour, not including extras, for firms that have over 150 lawyers.
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Any firm that has more than 150 lawyers will pay less than $100 per hour including meals and transportation.
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"objective": {
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}
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Over five years, using grants from the Open Society Institute and the Ford Foundation, the program has grown to 100 lawyers.
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In half a decade, the program has expanded to 100 lawmen, thanks to grants from various organizations.
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Over the last 5 years, the amount of lawyers in the program has dropped by 100.
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