No Justice for Most: Brainstorming to improve access to justice

"While introducing the panelists at an HLS in the World seminar called “No Justice for Most: Brainstorming New and Old Ideas for Government, Professional, and Technological Solutions,” Professor Andrew Kaufman ’54 brought out a visual aid: his HLS alumni directory. “You can look at any state in the United States. And in almost every — not just city, not just town, but village — you’ll find a Harvard Law School alum,” he said. “But in the most recent edition, the alums living in smaller towns and hamlets are all in their 60s.”

As Kaufman raised the problem of younger alums congregating in large, coastal cities, he illustrated one aspect of “the biggest problem that the legal profession faces: the fact that most people don’t have access to justice...”"

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