No
Some
Does MALS serve clients who are handicapped?
Excited
"I was so excited!" and "I was glad to get me a house."
Satisfied
Glad
So-o-o excited
Upset
Angry
Which statements indicate James' emotions about getting a house, prior to her knowledge of being swindled?
She is a veteran
She's illiterate
Rich
She is elderly and female
She's happy
Elderly
She is poor
Female
She is handicapped
How does James fit into the usual clientele of MALS?
No
Some
Does MALS help people who are trying to escape an abusive marriage?
$247
From $247 to $796
Twice her monthly income
$796
$549
By how much was the Memphis Area Legal Services able to drop James' monthly house notes?
I don't know what I would have done without Legal Services and they solved a lot of my problems
They solved a lot of my problems
She thanked Mayor A C Wharton
She said "I don't know what I would have done without Legal Services"
How do you know that James was appreciative of the legal services she recieved?
No
Some
Does MALS serve clients who need medical care or veteran's benefits?
Legal Services
Memphis Area Legal Services
Loan program
MALS
Mayor A C Wharton
Who solved a lot of Thelma James problems?
When James realized she had been swindled
More than twice her monthly income
She has precious little money
She had precious little money and her bill was twice her monthly income
Can't read or write
Which portions indicate that James had limited income?
Trying to escape eviction
Rich
Trying to escape abusive marriage
Handicapped
Young
Elderly
Female
Need medical care
Need veteran's benefits
Living at or below poverty level
Male
Lawyers
Who are some of the clients that MALS serve?
Thelma James was a prime candidate for a real estate ripoff: She is 68, has precious little money and can't read or write. "I won't lie to you. I was so-o-o excited," the widow and former duplex dweller said of the purchase of her first home, a sagging frame structure on Snowden. "I was glad to get me a house." When James realized she had been swindled she turned to Memphis Area Legal Services, which represented her in a lawsuit. Now, James's monthly house notes have dropped from $796 - more than twice her monthly income - to an affordable $247. Some of the people who took advantage of her through a questionable loan program were sent to jail. "I don't know what I would have done without Legal Services," said James. "They solved a lot of my problems." James is one of more than 3,000 clients served last year by MALS, which provides assistance for civil matters, such as domestic abuse and family-related problems, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income, veterans, housing and consumer fraud cases. Like James, most clients are elderly or female. Some are handicapped. Some need medical care or veteran's benefits. Some are trying to escape eviction or an abusive marriage. And 87 percent live at or below poverty level. Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton recently said Legal Services is important for those who, because of poverty or other struggles in life, think justice is an empty word. "They must be given reason to believe that the law is for them too," said Wharton, a former executive director of MALS. But MALS faces a funding crunch next year, brought on by a $200,000 shortfall from three revenue sources. 