Nearly four in 10 middle-income Americans face a legal problem, but most are unable to hire an attorney, the American Bar Association reports.
At the same time, the legal sector has been bleeding jobs for years and the employment rate for recent law school graduates has fallen six years in a row.
Now, the New Jersey State Bar Association is examining initiatives that will bring those groups together in a way that could benefit both, as well as society. The association’s recently appointed Blue Ribbon Commission on Unmet Legal Needs is charged with seeking innovative ways to responsibly match those who need affordable legal help with lawyers who need clients and provide them the support and guidance to ensure it is properly administered.
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Commission Members
Co-Chairs
Hon. Helen E. Hoens (former)
Hon. Virginia Long (ret.)
Fox Rothschild
Members
Timothy R. Anderson
Law Offices of Timothy R. Anderson LLC
Engy Abdelkader
Sanctuary for Families
Richard J. Badolato
Connell Foley LLP
Thomas R. Curtin
Graham Curtin PA
Linda W. Eynon
Horizon NJ Health
Hon. Linda R. Feinberg (ret.)
Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Blader PC
William Ferreira
Ferreira Law LLC
Jill Friedman
Rutgers Law School-Camden
Mark Friedman
Friedman Law
Hon. Jane Grall (ret.)
Hon. Glenn A. Grant
Administrative Office of the Courts
Abbey True Harris
Fox Rothschild LLP
Donita Judge
Advancement Project
Blake Laurence
Davison, Eastman & Munoz PA
Hon. Lawrence M. Lawson (ret.)
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP
Ruth Lowenkron
Disability Rights New Jersey
Lawrence S. Lustberg
Gibbon PC
Daniel Mateo
Reed Smith LLP
Gov. James McGreevey (former)
Jersey City Employment & Training Program
Dawn K. Miller
Legal Services of New Jersey
Lori Nessel
Seton Hall University Law School
Lynn F. Newsome
Newsome O’Donnell LLC
Amanda O'Keefe
Rutgers University-Camden
William O'Shaughnessy
McCarter & English LLC
Thomas F. Quinn
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker
Lisa J. Rodriguez
Schnader Law Firm
Theodore J. Romankow
Diego Rosado
Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP
Andrew Rothman
Rutgers University School of Law-Newark
Christine A. Stearns
NJBIA
J. Eric Thies
Merck
Paul L.Tractenberg
Rutgers University School of Law-Newark
Hon. Donald J. Volkert, Jr. (ret.)
Lum Drasco & Positan LLC
Kevin Walsh
Fair Share Housing Center
Jewel M. Watson
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Mark Wechsler
Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost PC
Catherine Weiss
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
David B. Wolfe
Skoloff & Wolfe PC
Michelle Wu
Graham Curtin PA