Most lawyers know that low-income individuals must often navigate civil-justice issues without legal representation. Most lawyers have also heard this phenomenon described as a “justice gap.” But these two words may not prick the lawyers’ conscience. They blur a discomforting reality, by creating the illusion that the difference between legal needs and available legal services is a mere “gap”—and a readily closable one to boot.
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Read "The Justice Gap Has Become a Chasm," authored by Henry M. Greenberg, published in the New York Law Journal. (subscription)