To understand the issue of the communities with no lawyers, it’s worth noting where they are.

The counties with the fewest lawyers, as shown on a map produced by the State Bar of Georgia’s pro bono director, Michael Monahan, are spread out across the area south of Atlanta. The biggest concentration is in the southwest corner of the state. Only one, Dade, is in the northwest, and it benefits from dual-licensed volunteers in Tennessee, Monahan says.