Their incomes range from about $ 30,000 to $ 130,000 with most people making
less qualifying for legal aid services and people making more usually opting for more specialized legal services.
Not exact matches
A minority of respondents felt that men can be more adversely affected by
legal aid reforms because they are
less likely to
qualify for legal aid now; private family law was singled out as an area were men may be marginalised, particularly in disputes over contact with children.
My point here is that rather than start ethics reform by randomly introducing
less qualified,
for - profit law practitioners into the market as specious proof that something is actually being done to improve access to justice, let's tackle the challenges that can and will move the needle; such as, modernization of the court system, increasing
legal aid, and modernizing lawyer ethics rules that will enable lawyers and law firms to innovate and modernize the business and practice of law.
To
qualify for aid currently from programs funded by the Maryland
Legal Services Corp., an individual must earn
less than $ 27,390 and a family of four must earn
less than $ 52,674.