Legal Aid Firms Getting Hammered By Budget Squeeze, Skidding Economy

The failing economy is causing budget squeezes for the non-profit law firms who represent the poor throughout the country, and is expected to result in these firms having to turn away even more people in need of services than it already is, as reflected by these two stories:

• Legal aid to low-income Mass. residents drops,
• Hard Times For Legal Aid Agencies (Layoffs are imminent as funding drops drastically).