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Staff attorney positions at city and federal agencies in New York begin at slightly higher salaries.
Staff Attorneys at city and federal agencies in New York have higher starting salaries.
Salaries for new Staff Attorneys are lower in New York than the rest of the country.
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The American Bar Association voted overwhelmingly to oppose the renewal of the independent counsel statute, concluding that it forces prosecutors to spend too much time and money examining minor matters in pursuit of a single target.
The Bar Association does not want the renewal.
They concluded that the prosecutors spend too little time.
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Recommendations from the planning process led to the development of the Maryland Legal Assistance Network (MLAN), funded by the Open Society Institute through a three-year $1 million grant to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation.
Maryland Legal Services Corporation received a three-year $1 million grant.
Maryland Legal Services Corporation received no grants.
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It's too early to tell, but I think we will likely have another attorney here soon.
There is probably going to be another lawyer here soon.
I'm sure we will not add another attorney in the team.
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At the 106 firms that reported their pro bono hours to the NLJ in the past two years, the number dropped from 3.28% to 3.06% of billable hours.
The proportion of billable hours decreased in the past two years.
There were 87 firms that reported their hours.
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I asked for $300 per lawyer to make up for the shortfall.
There was a shortfall, I had to asked for over a hundred dollars per attorney.
Due to the shortfall, I decided to ask for the lawyers for free.
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Law school graduates paying back $80,000 and more in college loans are reluctant to seek low-paying jobs representing the poor, legal experts say.
80,000 dollars are paid back by law graduate students therefore they need more money.
Law graduates students don't have to pay back loans, so they represent the poor.
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It also takes a commitment by all of the state's lawyers to make sure that every individual can have their day in court.
Ensuring access to the legal system requires a commitment from lawyers.
Everyone can have their day in court without commitment from lawyers.
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This bill, however, is distinguishable because it limits specific representation and does not restrict lawyers in the manner of that representation.
The bill would not impact lawyers for representation.
The bill doesn't change anything for lawyers.
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There are more than 30 attorneys in Butler County that volunteer for an organization offering free legal services for low income or elderly households.
An organization in Butler County offers free legal services.
Nobody offers free legal services in Butler County.
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right um-hum um-hum yeah you saw statistics that lawyers and doctors make the most money in the long run yeah that's true
According to the statistics, lawyers and doctors make the most money.
According to the statistics lawyers and doctors, have a low wage.
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75 million in interest that accrued in several state cases brought on behalf of consumers.
The state cases accrued 75 million in interest.
Cases were not brought on behalf of the consumers.
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The giving hasn't been limited to attorneys.
It isn't just attorneys that have contributed.
The giving only involved groups other than attorneys.
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The total fee would be split, with 54 percent going to counties and 46 percent going to the state for a newly created equal justice account.
The total fee would be split 54% and 46%.
The total fee would not be split at all.
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It employs a full- time staff of about 75 lawyers, paralegals, intake specialists, social workers and others.
They have over 70 people employed.
They only have seven people on staff.
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The money goes to Idaho Legal Aid Services and the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program.
Idaho Legal Aid Services gets a part of the money.
The money is used to pay judges and court upkeep.
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That's about $170 million a year from Florida lawyers alone.
Something adds up to about $170 million a year for only Lawyers in Florida.
The figure of $170 million is grossly exaggerated, as this is actually closer to the number for the entire country.
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Because we only have two attorneys per night right now, we can only see about 15 people each night, he said.
We can only see a limited number of people because we only have two attorneys.
We have dozens of attorneys waiting to help clients every night.
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They may not collect court-awarded attorneys' fees.
It is forbidden for them to take the fees.
They took the fees under the table.
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Prior to the welfare reform legislation, some federal resources were available for civil legal aid --- that and the vast amount of pro bono work by private attorneys.
Civil legal aid was available to some people.
Civil legal aid was not available to any people.
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The need for volunteers is most severe outside the five-county Atlanta metropolitan area, where 70 percent of the state's poor people are served by only 24 percent of the state's lawyers.
Over 50% of the states poor are served by less than 30% of the lawyers in the state.
Outside the Atlanta metropolitan area, 70% of the states poor individuals are served by 90% of all the lawyers in the nation.
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The new 68-county legal aid organization has yet to be named and stretches from El Paso to Corpus Christi, Harlingen to Austin.
There is a legal aid organization that spans 68 counties.
There are no legal aid organizations in Texas.
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Roy Barnes announced Tuesday that he will spend his first six months out of office as an unpaid attorney for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, where he will represent poor people.
Poor people will be represented by Roy Barnes when he spends six months working for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.
Once Roy Barnes leaves office, he is expected to join a private law firm.
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Rather, the attorneys provide pro bono counsel in matters such as protecting victims of spouse or child abuse, protecting individuals and families from loss of housing through illegal eviction or assisting the elderly in disputing Medicaid claim denials.
Attorneys work for free on certain cases, like abuse.
The attorneys have never worked pro bono for anyone.
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But this year for the first time, the Council is proposing shifting more than $20 million in funds earmarked by the Mayor for 18-B lawyers to the Legal Aid Society, which would increase its total funding to $80.
The Council is proposing shifting more than $20 million in funds earmarked by the Mayor this year for the first time, with the aim of giving them for 18-B lawyers to the Legal Aid Society, which would increase its total funding to $80.
Shifting more than $20 million in funds is impossible for the Council because of the debts.
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She called Legal Aid after months of wrangling with federal bureaucrats who denied her request for financial help -- about $6,000 a year -- to provide speech therapy for her 2-year-old son, who was born with autism.
Legal Aid helped her get speech therapy for her son.
Legal Aid denied her request to get speech therapy for her son.
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Lawyers in Georgia and across the country must follow Barnes' lead -- or millions of people will continue to arrive at the courthouse door to find they cannot afford the price of admission.
Many people cannot afford the court costs.
Barnes needs to follow the lead of the lawyers in Georgia.
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Funds to help battered women with divorce, child custody cases
Money to help women with cases regarding divorce and child custody.
Every woman can afford lawyers, they don't need financial assistance.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Low-income children in Maine involved in divorce or parental rights cases are often denied the benefits of court advocates because their families cannot afford to pay the fees, according to a new report.
Low-income children in Maine cannot afford to pay fees.
The children and families are wealthy.
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Because the program is just starting in Vacaville, only two attorneys are available during the two-hour sessions.
The program only has two attorneys so far.
They had over 20 new attorneys within a week.
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The Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts, administered by the Maine Bar Foundation, helps to fund Pine Tree Legal, Maine Equal Justice, Cumberland Legal Aid and Legal Services for the Elderly.
The interest is used to pay multiple organizations that provide legal assistance.
The interest accrued is used to pay the lawyer who manages the account.
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Starting next month, lawyers must report to the courts how much free or low-fee legal work they do for the poor and charities, with a goal of 50 hours a year.
Lawyers will be required to report how much charity work they do starting next month.
Lawyers are required to do normal-rate work for charities.
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Under the high court's order, the base annual fee for active lawyers rises to $229 as of Jan.
There was an increase in the base annual fee by order of the high court.
The base annual fee as of January is $300.
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Terry Russell, president of The Florida Bar, has spent months pushing legislation that would provide state funding for legal assistance for the poor.
Terry Russell is the president of the Florida Bar.
Terry Russell is part of the Texas bar.
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One goal is to get the state Legislature to pass a law to provide loan forgiveness to medical professionals and lawyers who work with the poor.
Perhaps Legislature can help the poor who need medical attention and lawyers by providing loan forgiveness.
Legislature should focus more on the rich.
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I couldnt get anything done with the other lawyer without more money.
I did not manage to finish with the lawyer.
The lawyer said he would be pro bono.
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Its endemic to the entire profession, Snider Basically if youre rich, you can hire lawyers, and if youre poor, you can have one appointed.
Rich people hire lawyers and poor people have them appointed.
There is no way for a poor person to ever get a lawyer.
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With a staff of 80 attorneys and 90 support staff, the organization provides civil legal services and criminal representation of indigent defendants in both state and federal courts.
Civil services and representation are available from the organization.
The staff of the organization consists of 3000 attorneys and 19 support staff.
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The grantee organizations hire and supervise lawyers to provide free legal assistance to indigent clients.
The groups get lawyers to give free legal help to poor people.
The groups get lawyers to give free legal help to corporations.
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The phenomenon is particularly evident in family courts, where fewer than 16% of all child- support cases involve parents who are both represented by lawyers.
Few child-support cases in family courts involve parents who are both represented by lawyers.
Family courts are not representative of the phenomenon.
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Brown decided last week to designate some of the money for four legal aid organizations, including the St. Louis-based Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.
Brown earmarked some money to legal aid.
Brown will not give any money to Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.
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Backers of Legal Aid services for the poor are pushing a measure that would increase court filing fees in Kentucky to raise money for the program, which faces steep funding cuts.
They seek to raise money by increasing court fees.
Backers of the Tea Party for the poor are pushing to arm all citizens with AK-47s.
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The City Council's proposal for the 650-lawyer Corporation Counsel's Office would slash its budget by 10 percent - or $10.
The council wrote a proposal to cut the budget.
The budget is planned to be cut 15 percent.
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The ultimate success of generousassociates or any other cause supported by the legal profession depends, in part, upon the financial success of the lawyers and law firms who support those causes.
The success of the associates depends on how financial successful the law firms are.
The success of the associates depends on how financial successful the plaintiffs.
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I just got back from a job fair in Washington where I identified about two dozen very qualified young attorneys.
I had just returned from a job fair in Washington.
I was getting ready to go to the job fair in Washington.
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9 State-wide civil legal services' percentages of total funding received from Alabama, 91%; Arkansas, 80%; Mississippi, 95%; New Mexico, 83%; South Dakota, 89%; Wyoming, 84%.
The percentage of funding received from Alabama is ninety one percent.
The percentage received from New Mexico is much higher than that of Mississippi.
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Legal education debt, which tops $84,000 for the average new lawyer, prevents 66 percent of law students from taking public interest jobs, according to the joint study by Equal Justice Works, the National Association for Law Placement and the Partnership for Public Service.
66% of lost students do not take public interest Jobs because of legal education debt.
66 personal bra students take public interest jobs because they have no legal education debt.
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West Texas Legal Services, which works with clients in 106 counties including Tarrant, Lubbock, Midland and Potter, will get about $1.
West Texas Legal Services will not receive very much money at all.
West Texas Legal Services will receive well over 7 million dollars.
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These needs go unfilled due to the limited availability of public interest lawyers.
These needs go unfilled because of limited public interest lawyers
All needs are filled because there is a surplus of public interest lawyers.
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The justices are floating a $42 increase to shore up financing for pro-bono work, as the normal funding mechanism for legal services has fallen short in recent years.
The justices think we should fund pro-bono work.
The justices think we should not fund pro-bono work.
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The Commission and planners dedicated 10 percent of the state appropriation for civil legal services to fund innovative projects that partner legal services providers and the courts to assist low-income self-represented litigants.
10 percent of state legal service funding goes towards projects that help self-represented litigants.
The Commission and planners decided that no extra funds should be given to people who represent themselves.
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A Washington Supreme Court rule issued in 1984 requires lawyers to put clients' money in a pooled account if the amount is too small or will be held for too short a time to earn interest for the individual client.
Washington says lawyers have to pool client money.
Washington says lawyers cannot pool client money.
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INDIANAPOLIS- Four years ago, the state Supreme Court asked law firms to address a growing Not enough lawyers were donating time for pro bono work, and thousands of people were left with no legal help in civil cases.
Supreme Court asked law firms to address something 4 years ago.
Supreme Court never asked law firms to address any problems.
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Yes, lawyers are expensive.
Lawyers can be very pricey.
Lawyers are as cheap as it gets.
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Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Veterans' Organizations, the Legal Aid Society-these are networks bigger than most corporate networks, involving contract disputes, benefits work, contacts with large government agencies that themselves could be the source of work.
The volunteer lawyers are networks larger than most corporate networks
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts are a fairly insignificant networks.
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The Vallejo program has four attorneys each night, so they can see more people.
The Vallejo program can see more people with four attorneys.
Increasing the number of attorneys each night lowers the number of people that the Vallejo program can see.
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5 million annual budget that comes mainly from state appropriations and the interest from the trust accounts lawyers maintain for their clients' funds.
Lawyers keep trust accounts to hold funds for their clients.
The budget is funded entirely by the clients' own funds.
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The nonprofit law firm has about 40 employees and an annual budget of $3 million.
There are 40 employees at the law firm.
The budget for the law firm is $2 million.
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Passaic County Legal Aid works on behalf of about 4,000 individuals each year, and provides lowfee legal help for about 20 non-profit and faith-based groups.
20 non-profit and faith-based groups benefit from lowfee legal assistance thanks to Passaic County Legal Aid.
Passaic County Legal Aid no longer offers lowfee legal help to individuals or faith-based groups.
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In view of public-spirited young attorneys forced to take high-paying jobs at private firms, would an ABA program ask those same firms to help fund loan forgiveness in the interest of government or poverty law career options?
Would this program try and get big law to put up money for student loan forgiveness?
The ABA doesn't care at all about debt of any kind.
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If every lawyer in the state of Texas was doing pro bono work, then that still wouldn't be enough, he said.
There would not be enough pro bono lawyers even if every lawyer in Texas did some pro bono work.
There is no need for more lawyers to do pro bono work.
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Although the cause is just, the less than $40K starting salary reflects no equality in the marketplace and the law school loan can be larger than a mortgage.
The less than $40K starting salary reflects no equality in the marketplace, and law school loan can be larger than a mortgage, although the cause is just.
Although the cause isn't just, the more than $80K starting salary reflects equality in the marketplace.
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they they they put a lien against his house so he'd pay his legal bills because it was like three or four hundred thousand dollars or something
He owed his lawyers a large sum of money.
They paid off his house for being such a good client.
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The money will allow the shelter to add a second full-time attorney to its staff and contract with the law school clinic at Texas Wesleyan University for pro bono and student services.
The shelter currently only has a single full-time attorney.
The shelter has two full-time attorneys.
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For example, last year in 2001, the engagement of judges, legislators and private bar members helped spawn appropriations for legal services in 25 states totaling $68.
Appropriations for legal services in 25 states totalling $68 was initiated.
The judges did not help.
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At the state's largest law school, the University of Denver, tuition climbed from about $15,000 to $23,994 during the past 10 years.
The University of Denver is Colorado's largest law school.
The University of Denver is the state's smallest law school.
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Last year, Atlanta Legal Aid handled over 20,000 cases -- representing AIDS patients, domestic violence victims, desperate mothers seeking child support, elderly homeowners fleeced by lenders and the like.
The Atlanta Legal Aid office helped over 20,000 people.
The Atlanta Legal Aid office closed last year.
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Legal Aid spends about $2 million a year culled from a variety of state and federal sources.
State and federal sources have 2 million dollars a year taken from them by Legal Aid.
Legal Aid only gets money from donations from those it helps.
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At the same time, the federal government's role in representing the nation in its regulation, policy development and oversight responsibilities demands the most skilled lawyers, the report added.
The federal government requires skilled lawyers when fulfilling its role in representing the nation.
The federal government has no need of skilled lawyers since it does not represent the nation.
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In addition, area law firms contributed over $100,000 through matching funds.
Over $100,000 have been given by area law firms.
1$ has been given by area law firms.
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Enormous college loans behind legal-aid snub
Huge college loans behind legal-aid snub.
There aren't any college loans available, are there?
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Many viewed the early legal aid lawyers as wild-eyed radicals, Tate said.
Early legal aid lawyers were seen as unruly radicals.
Most gave the early legal aid lawyers the utmost respect.
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These funds cover the salary of the paralegal coordinator (Kris Markel in Larimer County), telephones, office supplies and malpractice insurance.
Several items are paid for by the funds.
The fund does not cover office supplies.
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By far the largest increase in resources in many years, these funds will allow the hiring of 12 attorneys and 12 paralegals to provide service to TANF recipients on a wide array of legal problems that can obstacles be to making a transition from welfare to work.
Some of these funds will be used in hiring attorneys.
These funds cannot be used to hire any attorneys or paralegals.
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Union Circuit Judge James Williams, who oversees the District 9 Pro Bono Commission, is looking for more attorneys willing to volunteer for the program to cover the reduction in Indiana Legal Services' staff.
The judge wants to have more volunteers to help with the program.
They did not have enough clients and had to turn away volunteers.
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A state foundation is giving West Texas Legal Services and the Fort Worth chapter of the NAACP more than $1 million to help provide civil legal services to the poor.
West Texas Legal Services is one of the organizations receiving over $1 million.
West Texas Legal Services won't be receiving any portion of the $1 million being provided by the state foundation.
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Passaic Legal Aid also met with Assignment Judge Robert Passero to warn that it might soon be forced to pull out of many of its cases.
The legal aid might pull out of many cases.
The Legal Aid will continue indefinitely.
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Therefore, lawyers are part of the prescription for regular medical care for many of the 600,000 Oklahomans age 60 and older.
Lawyers that take part of the prescription are typically age 60 and older.
There are no Oklahomans prescribed to regular medical care.
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More than 94 percent of law students reported borrowing money to attend law school, where median tuition is nearly $23,000 a year, but law students are not alone in having to contend with spiraling education costs.
Median law school tuition is $23,000 a year.
Law school has been, and always will be, free to attend.
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The Council would allocate $4 million to Neighborhood Legal Services, which is based in Harlem, and $1.
Neighborhood Legal Services would receive $4 million.
Legal Services do not receive money.
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i i i think yeah there is i i i think uh law would be a fine field a fine profession fine field to go into um i know one time i was in a political science class and you know talking about fields people going into different fields i made an off off the cuff remark about lawyers about their integrity being questionable and i mean oh that was like a can of worms no
I think that a lawyer is a well respected profession.
I never considered lawyers as a respectful profession.
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Last year, the high court raised the base fee for active attorneys to $180 from $140.
The high court raised the base fee by $40.
The high court lowered the base fee by $40.
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A litigation associate suggested to others that one thing I have seen regarding experience is that the younger associates who are motivated to do pro bono work, and actually get trial/court experience that way, do get rewarded with more significant work assignments for their efforts earlier in their careers.
Younger associates are more likely to be engaged in pro bono work.
The older associates do the most pro bono work.
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Legal Aid's 450 displaced attorneys and staffers have spent the past 12 months spread among previously unused spaces-some unused for good reason-in the nonprofit's other offices.
The number of Legal Aid's displaced lawyers and staff members adds up to 450.
There are roughly 200 Legal Aid staff members and lawyers who have been displaced.
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The courts and the public would come to question the adequacy and fairness of professional representations when the attorney, either consciously to comply with this statute or unconsciously to continue the repre
The courts question how fair the attorney's representations would be.
The courts question how fair the attorney's payment terms would be.
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The organization is Los Angeles' largest government-funded group, with a budget of $11 million leveraged into $40 million in legal services to the poor.
The Los Angeles government-funded group provides legal services to the poor.
The New York government-funded group provides legal services to the rich.
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The appropriation was good news for the six lawyers, one paralegal and three secretaries who work at Tuscaloosa's Legal Services office and receive salaries much less than those of employees at private law firms.
Tuscaloosa's Legal Services office pay their employees less than private firms do.
No secretaires saw the appropriation as good news, and neither did the paralegals.
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Those places need donations of good equipment as much or more than they need donations of lawyer hours.
Good equipment is a donation that these places need as well.
Lawyer hours are needed significantly more than good equipment is.
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Some graduates who take jobs with Colorado Legal Services, which handles housing and other civil disputes for the poor, pay up to $800 a month on student loans, said Jonathan Asher, executive director.
Colorado Legal Services helps poor people with civil disputes.
Colorado Legal Services helps poor people with business disputes.
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Currently, LSSM utilizes the services of 243 private attorneys who provide a minimum of 20 hours of pro bono or two pro bono cases per year.
LSSM uses many private attorneys who volunteer.
LSSM uses just 5 private attorneys who volunteer.
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Even with the volunteer lawyers, however, only 10 percent of the need is being met, Daniel said.
Daniel said that not all the needs are being met.
Daniel said they have far too many lawyers.
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We do seem to end up with a lot of lawyers.
It seems that we end up with numerous lawyers.
We don't end up with a lot of lawyers.
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In her experience, legal aid organizations are in need of long-term plans, guidance and structure, she said.
Guidance is one of the things that she said legal aid organizations needed.
Guidance wasn't one of the things she said legal aid organizations needed.
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Memphis Area Legal Services and six other nonprofit groups will share more than $124,000 to help them operate, analyze and plan for growth and survival, thanks to a new focus by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis.
Due to a new focus by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, the Memphis Area Legal Services and other groups will get a sizable amount of money of the operation and analyzation of growth and survival.
The Memphis Area Legal Services got a measly 10,000 dollars as their budget.
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It could also mean the loss of some of the 72 lawyers in Kentucky for the program commonly called Legal Aid, as well as legal assistants and other staff.
72 lawyers are at risk of being removed from the program called legal aid.
The program commonly called legal aid Will gain 72 lawyers.
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Several years ago they formed the and Justice for All campaign, which raises money from members of the private Utah State Bar.
The and Justice for all campaign raises money from lawyers.
The and Justice for all campaign raises money from lawyers, to line the pocket of the Utah bar association.
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Currently, we spend about $250,000 a year in Clay County, which is about 8 percent of our budget, said Figgins, adding that Clay County clients also represent about 8 percent of the total poverty population served by Legal Aid last year in Duval, Baker, Nassau and Clay counties.
About $250,000 is spent in Clay County every year by one organization.
Legal Aid does no serve any people in Clay County.
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The largest single contributor to Democrats is the American Trial Lawyers Association, which gave $1,747,725.
The American Trial Lawyers Association is a huge supportor of Democrats.
The American Trial Lawyers Association never liked Democrats.
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Lawyers in their first three years of practice or who are inactive but wish to remain on the roll of attorneys pay $90.
Lawyers pay $90 if they have been practicing less than 3 years and are inactive but want to stay on the roll.
Lawyers don't have to pay anything, they just have to leave their name to stay on the roll.
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At a 300-lawyer firm, it would translate into about 1,300 hours a year, more than half a hard-working lawyer's billable time.
A hard working lawyer might generate less than 2,600 billable hours a year.
No lawyer generates more than 200 billable hours a year.
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