20 million workers
43 million Americans
40 thousand
43 thousand
43 million
The 2000 U.S. census reported how many Americans qualified for free federally funded legal assistance?
That more than 43 million Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance
That there are more than enough laywers
Congress
Legal Aid Society
That there is very few legal air lawyer per capita, in poor communities
He understood in Georgia there was a shortage of legal aid lawyers for the poor
What problem did Barnes understand before becoming governor?
Every state's ethical rules undermine language indicating lawyers' responsibility to be guardians of fair play for those living in poverty
Because to be denied to practice law, every attorney must take a professional oath to oppose justice
Because to be admitted to practice law, every attorney must take a professional oath to promote justice -- and every state's ethical rules include language indicating lawyers' responsibility to be guardians of fair play for those living in poverty
Why should Barnes' frequent volunteering with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society not be viewed as rare?
Cobb County office
Hs own company
Homeowners
Fleet Finance
He was working for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Who was Barnes working pro bono for when he secured a $115 million judgment in 1993 against Fleet Finance?
Washington
Florida
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Georgia
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
National pro-bono participation levels are worse than which state?
Cobb County
Homeowners
Congress
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Gov. Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
Fleet Finance
Who handled many pro-bono cases and was a frequent volunteer in the Cobb County office of the federally funded Atlanta Legal Aid Society?
He fights for parents to get child support and fighting lending scams
Seniors
Parents
Police
He works on divorce law
Teachers
What does Mauricio Vivero fight for?
No one
Americans with an income of less than $11,075
Everyone
Who qualifies for a legal aid lawyer?
That more than 43 million Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance
That there are more than enough laywers
Family
Even though tens of millions of Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance, fewer than 20 percent of eligible clients are able to obtain legal help when they need it
That there is very few legal air lawyer per capita, in poor communities
What problem did Barnes understand before he became governor?
Twenty-three percent of Georgia's active lawyers reported in giving 23 hours of pro-bono service, whereas 50% of the lawyers nationally volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually
Twenty-three percent of Georgia's active lawyers reported in giving 50 hours of pro-bono service, whereas 70% of the lawyers nationally volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually
Twenty-three percent of Georgia's active lawyers reported in giving 50 hours of pro-bono service, whereas 23% of the lawyers nationally volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually
How do Georgia's lawyers compare to lawyers nationally in pro-bone participation?
The Atlanta Bar Association
The Atlanta Legal Aid Society
The Atlanta LawyersSociety
Before Barnes became governor, what organization did he often volunteer with?
12
There is one legal aid lawyer for every 10,500 eligible people
55
How many lawyers are available in Georgia for people who have an annual income of $11,075 or less?
Cobb County
Homeowners
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Gov. Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
Senior citizens
Fleet Finance
Who secured a $115 million judgment in 1993 against Fleet Finance for victimizing 18,000 homeowners?
No
Probably
Was Gov. Roy Barnes Election Day 2002 defeat expected?
Business law
Family
Elder law
Legal services
As a private citizens, Barnes will be working pro-bono in what field of law?
He wants to help immigrants
Women
Small business
Barnes want to help men escape domestic violence
He wants to help women escape domestic violence
Who does Barnes want to help while working as a legal aid lawyer?
50% of the 50 hours
24 hours
One hour
45 hours
23% of the 50 hours
20 hours
40 hours
While Georgia's State Bar program had a goal for it's active lawyers to have 50 hours of pro-bono service, how many hour(s) or pro-bono service participation is recorded nationally?
On Monday, departing Gov. Roy Barnes will spend his first day as a private citizen by starting his new job as a full-time, pro-bono (unpaid) lawyer at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. The decision by Barnes, the most improbable casualty of Election Day 2002, to go to work for legal aid was almost as unexpected as his November defeat. As a legal services attorney, Barnes will help women escape domestic violence, Mauricio Vivero is vice president seniors fight predatory lending scams and parents obtain child support for their kids. of Legal In doing so, he will take his place on the front line of the U.S. legal community's Services Corporation, the uphill and underpublicized struggle to achieve equal access to justice for millions of Washington-Americans too poor to afford legal representation. based nonprofit corporation chartered by The inaccessibility of the U.S. civil justice system is hardly a new development, but it Congress in took Barnes' decision to put the national media spotlight on our country's ongoing 1974 to promote equal access to access-to-justice crisis. civil justice. The 2000 U.S. census reports that more than 43 million Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance, yet fewer than 20 percent of eligible clients (annual income: $11,075 or less) are able to obtain legal help when they need it, according to the American Bar Association. In Georgia, there is just one legal aid lawyer for every 10,500 eligible poor people. Barnes understood this problem long before he became governor. While in private practice, he handled many pro-bono cases and was a frequent volunteer in the Cobb County office of the federally funded Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Most memorably, he secured a $115 million judgment in 1993 against Fleet Finance for victimizing 18,000 homeowners -- many of them senior citizens -- with its widespread predatory lending mortgage practices. His long-standing commitment to the underserved is certainly admirable, but it should not be viewed as a rare and laudable act of civic virtue. To be admitted to practice law, every attorney must take a professional oath to promote justice -- and every state's ethical rules include language indicating lawyers' responsibility to be guardians of fair play for those living in poverty. In Georgia, many law firms, corporations and private attorneys are working pro bono to serve the neediest clients. Yet only 23 percent of the state's 23,598 active lawyers reported meeting the Georgia State Bar's goal of 50 hours of pro-bono service in 2002. 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. National pro-bono participation is even worse. Only 23 percent of the roughly 1 million attorneys in America volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually, according to the ABA. 