It has been said that if you want to be incrementally better, be competitive, but if you want to be exponentially better, be cooperative. The justice gap is so wide, and the need for pro bono services so large, that we must find ways to be more effective, to collaborate and to be exponentially better.
The statistics are startling. Even with the efforts of stellar legal services organizations and pro bono attorneys, only approximately 20 percent of the civil legal needs of the poor are currently being met. That means only one in five low-income people who experience a legal problem is able to get help from any source. And for certain vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, the need is even more acute.
