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Public Interest

Mar. 27, 2012

Lawyer aid group seeks new funding

Law firms donate millions of dollars in time and resources toward problems like domestic violence, homelessness and wrongful convictions. But not very much money, it seems, is left to help lawyers struggling with addiction.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Every year, law firms donate millions of dollars in time and resources to their pro bono cases. Not very much money, it seems, is left to help attorneys struggling with addiction.


That's been a sobering reality for members of The Other Bar, a statewide network of lawyers and judges who hold weekly support groups that are similar to Alcoholics Anonymous but without the Bible verses.


The...

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