Want to expand access to justice? Offer tiered training and differing practice licenses, profs say

Civil legal assistance is elusive for low-income and even middle-class individuals. Eighty percent of low-income people in the United States can’t afford civil legal assistance, according to a Washington Post op-ed by two law professors. Meanwhile, 40 to 60 percent of the middle class have unmet legal needs. The legal profession and law schools need to change to fix the problem.

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