Bozeman, Billings, Helena, Missoula, and Kalispell all host regular monthly advice clinics that provide a great way for local attorneys to
increase the availability of legal services to low income Montanans in their communities.
The Board's mission is laudable and we could have accomplished much to help
increase the availability of legal services to the public if we had been allowed to do our job.
Not exact matches
The reason for this decline is not fully understood, but it has been attributed to the
increasing use
of contraceptives, especially long - acting methods such as intrauterine devices, historic declines in the rate
of unintended pregnancy and
increasing numbers
of state regulations that limit the
availability of otherwise
legal abortion
services.
Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect
of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability
of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or
increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance
of customer orders; the continued
availability on acceptable terms, or at all,
of certain components and
services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics
services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost
of products manufactured or
services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact
of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights
of others; the Company's dependency on the performance
of distributors, carriers and other resellers
of the Company's products; the effect that product and
service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued
service and
availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand
of products; and unfavorable results
of other
legal proceedings.
Arguing that
increasing the
availability and affordability
of lawyers will merely
increase the demand for
legal services, is like saying feeding starving people will merely
increase the demand for food, therefore don't do it.
If law societies regulated fees, I suggest it would have two effects (1)
increase both the
availability of legal services to the poor generally, and the size
of the pool
of potential clients who could seriously even consider retaining a lawyer, and (2) in the long term, change the character
of the
legal professional (as a collection
of individuals) for the better by making the practice
of law more like social work, rather than drawing in the sorts
of people who's skills are better employed in such fields as sales and business entrepreneurship.
An LLLT program
increases consumer choice,
availability of legal services and competition.
The DATJ Committee endeavors to
increase the
availability of free and low cost
legal services and
legal education programs for poor, low and moderate income persons in metropolitan Denver.
Organizing DC Pro Bono Week is a natural fit for this collaborative organization dedicated to
increasing the
availability of quality
legal services to those in need.
LfA's mission is to improve the practical skills
of new lawyers, to expand the
availability of legal services for those who can not afford lawyers, and to
increase the ability
of government and nonprofit
legal offices to render such
services.
These Fellows provide
services for veterans and their families that include direct representation and community education programs in addition to recruiting pro bono volunteers to
increase the
availability of much - needed
legal services.
Beyond those contexts, though, any
service that
increases the
availability and transparency
of legal and government information is a good thing, in my view.