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1
Pooja Bhatia, Did You Hear the One About
the Lawyer Shortage, Ozy, (Feb. 15, 2014), http://
www.ozy.com/fast-forward/did-you-hear-theone-about-the-lawyer-shortage/6546 (“There are
never enough public interest lawyers, but in recent years, hundreds if not thousands of positions
have been eliminated.”)
2
See generally Documenting the Justice Gap
in America: The Current Unmet Civil Legal Needs
of Low-Income Americans, Legal Services Corporation (Sept. 2009), http://www.lsc.gov/sites/default/files/LSC/pdfs/ documenting_the_justice_
gap_in_america_2009.pdf
3
N.Y. Ct. Rules. § 510.16(a) (McKinney 2015)
(Anyone applying to the NY Bar after January
1st, 2015 must complete fifty hours of pro bono
prior to filing an application for admission to the
State Bar), Task Force on Admissions Regulation
Reform (TFARR)—Phase II Implementation, The
State bar of California (The State Bar of California
is in the process of developing an implementation plan for its proposal that includes a “pre-admission or post-admission” fifty hour pro bono or
modest means legal service requirement), http://
www.calbar.ca.gov/ AboutUs/BoardofTrustees/
TaskForceonAdmissionsRegulationReform.aspx.
4
See Press Release, Vermont Law School, Serv-
www.vtbar.org
ing the Underserved: Vermont Law School, Vermont Bar Association Launch Incubator Project (June 25, 2014), http://www.vermontlaw.edu/news-and-events/newsroom/pressrelease?id=105 (The Vermont Lawyer Incubator
Project is a collaboration between the Vermont
Bar Association and Vermont Law School to help
new lawyers who are starting out in solo or small
firm practice and are interested in serving those
who have had difficulty accessing representation).
5
See Faculty Profiles: Luz Herrera, UCLA Law,
https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/luzherrera/ (referencing her Center