Apart from taking out loans, selling some assets or borrowing from family and friends, there is another option if you can't
afford full legal representation in a divorce.
Our experienced lawyers provide a range of services for children and youth from confidential summary legal advice through to
full legal representation at court.
This is seen as mainly applying to self - representing litigants in the area of small claims and family law, where the cost of
acquiring full legal representation would be too great.
Many lawyers and other legal services providers are rising to the challenge, finding innovative ways to help self - represented litigants without
providing full legal representation.
The collaborative process will generally be your preferred option if, like in mediation, you
want full legal representation from an attorney during the settlement negotiations, but, unlike mediation, you want the negotiations to take place in a supportive, rather than an adversarial, environment.
Open Access is one of a new breed of law firms trying to bridge the gap
between full legal representation (with those hefty retainers) and the limited pocketbooks of the average American.
We offer homestudy and post placement services,
full legal representation in both the adoptive family's and birthmother's state, as well as counseling for families and birthmothers.
Kim explains that women who are experiencing family violence, or who have barriers in terms of language or literacy, for example, often
need full legal representation throughout their case.
But overall, she stresses that mediation can be an effective tool to meet the needs of individuals who can not afford
full legal representation while, at the same time, decreasing the number of family - law cases making their way through over-burdened courts.
Unbundled legal services are for those clients who do not
want full legal representation, but rather want an attorney to help them with limited, one - off, discreet tasks.
Providing unbundled legal services does not prevent an attorney from
providing full legal representation to clients through the technology, but it depends on the nature of the attorney's law practice area (s), the nature of the client's legal needs and the structure of the virtual law practice.
There are situations where the limited services of a qualified attorney may suffice rather than
full legal representation.
At present, Legal Aid's thresholds are so low that a single person receiving government assistance from Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ($ 1,588.00 / month in 2014) earns too much for
full legal representation (Action Committee, ibid; R v Smart, 2014 ABPC 175 at paras 21 - 38 [Smart]-RRB-.
The assistance may involve something as simple as a letter to respond to an initial SLAPP threat all the way up to
full legal representation, if merited and the case reaches that point.
Unbundled legal services are for those clients who do not want
full legal representation, but rather want an attorney to help them with limited, one - off, discreet tasks.