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Blue Ribbon Commission on Unmet Legal Needs

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.
                    
Read the full press release here
                        

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

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