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Massachusetts legal aid organizations turned away nearly two - thirds of people qualifying for civil legal assistance over the last year due to a lack of funding, leaving thousands of low - income residents without representation in cases from domestic violence to foreclosure, according to the findings of a statewide task force to be released Wednesday.
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Just over 780,000 applications for legal assistance were received; applications for criminal matters accounted for 43 % while the remainder of the applications were for civil matters (57 %).
The number of acts of assistance under the civil legal aid scheme had collapsed by almost two - thirds over the last four years.
New Mexico Legal Aid has dedicated our services to erasing barriers to justice for low - income New Mexicans by providing free and high - quality civil legal assistance and education for over 60 yLegal Aid has dedicated our services to erasing barriers to justice for low - income New Mexicans by providing free and high - quality civil legal assistance and education for over 60 ylegal assistance and education for over 60 years.
Ken was elected president of the East King County Bar Association and led its efforts to form the Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP), which today fields over 200 volunteer lawyers and a staff of attorneys to provide civil legal services to low - income residents of the EastLegal Assistance Program (ELAP), which today fields over 200 volunteer lawyers and a staff of attorneys to provide civil legal services to low - income residents of the Eastlegal services to low - income residents of the Eastside.
The Washington Supreme Court adopted Admission and Practice Rule 28 in 2012 to create LLLTs following a 2003 study by the Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding which found that despite a high frequency of civil legal problems in low - income households, over 85 % did not have any legal assistCivil Equal Justice Funding which found that despite a high frequency of civil legal problems in low - income households, over 85 % did not have any legal assistcivil legal problems in low - income households, over 85 % did not have any legal assistance.
LSC today is the single largest source of funding for civil legal assistance to the nation's poor, an innovator in technology and a model for partnerships that help low - income Americans maintain livelihoods, keep a roof over their heads and escape violence.
Crime Victims Justice Corps, a new initiative designed to increase access to civil legal assistance and enforce the rights of crime victims, will mobilize 62 Fellows and 34 law students over the two - year Fellowship period, from June 2018 to May 2020.