Public Interest
Nov. 28, 2000
Lifelines
Legal aid organizations bring justice and hope to thousands, providing crucial services to those whose only payment is gratitude.
One of the most poignant passages from Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" describes how the Cunningham family retained Atticus Finch for legal services: "As the Cunninghams had no money to pay a lawyer, they paid with what they had." What they had was stove wood, a sack of hickory nuts, smilax and holly and a croker sack full ...
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