Access to Justice by the Numbers
22,118
hours
representing
522 CLIENTS in “signature projects,”
including:
6,468
hours
representing
192 NONPROFITS
in corporate and tax matters
6,449
hours
representing
57 IMMIGRANTS
seeking lawful status
2,024
hours
representing
89 LOW-INCOME ENTREPRENEURS
AND INVENTORS
seeking assistance to start
or grow their businesses
or file for patents
1,953
hours
representing
17 DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
seeking final restraining
orders
and/or child custody
support orders
1,585
hours
representing
20 INDIVIDUALS WITH
CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
seeking to prove their innocence,
appeal their convictions, petition for
sentence modifications or pardons,
or expunge low-level criminal
records
1,270
hours
representing
39 LOW-INCOME
INDIVIDUALS
in preparing wills, health care
proxies, powers of attorney, and
other life-planning documents
1,003
hours
representing
31 TENANTS
trying to avoid eviction
932
hours
representing
51 TRANSGENDER
INDIVIDUALS
seeking legal name changes
343
hours
representing
16 LOW-INCOME
DEBTORS
filing for personal bankruptcy to
get a fresh financial start
91
hours
representing
7 ADULTS WITH
DISABILITIES OR THEIR
PROPOSED GUARDIANS
in guardianship proceedings