Legal Services of New Jersey Thanks Volunteer Attorneys

Some lawyers call it pay-back for the fulfilling careers they have had. Other sconsider it their professional responsibility to help ensure that the legal system is open to all. And there are those, too, who simply want to help the poverty-stricken and vulnerable in society. Whatever the motivation, pro bono volunteerism provides a way out of the black hole in which some 400,000 low-income people in New Jersey every year find themselves when they face serious civil legal problems but cannot afford lawyers. For many of those individuals, the help of pro bono lawyers can actually be a life-saver, whether it entails problems involving foreclosure, eviction, domestic abuse, child guardianship or other civil issues.

Listed below are the lawyers who have signed up for the Pro Bono Initiative offered by Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) for case assignments and other ways of providing legal assistance to low-income individuals. Melville D. Miller, Jr., president of LSNJ, thanks these men and women for their efforts to help ensure equal access to justice by providing such crucial services to those in need.