State Bar & Bar Associations
Jun. 7, 2011
Attorney Donations Through State Bar Bottom Out
An effort to get every attorney in the state to give $100 toward legal services for the poor through their annual State Bar dues seems to have fallen flat, with only 4.4 percent of lawyers giving this year to the so-called Justice Gap Fund.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An effort to get every attorney in the state to give $100 toward legal services for the poor through annual State Bar dues seems to have fallen flat, with only 4.4 percent of lawyers giving this year to the so-called Justice Gap Fund.
Even at large firms, where lawyers draw hefty salaries, less than half give at a rate above the statewide average.
The low level of participation is frustrating...
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