Missouri's Justice Gap

Gregg Lombardi - Executive Director

Last week, I attended an excellent speech by the newest Judge on the Missouri Supreme Court—Judge Paul Wilson.

In his presentation, Judge Wilson noted a staggering fact: nearly 100,000 Missourians this year will be sued or file suit in Missouri courts without representation of counsel. The sad truth is that tens of thousands more low-income Missourians, with serious legal needs will never get to court, because they cannot afford a lawyer. 

In his brief speech, Judge Wilson called on Missouri lawyers to increase their pro bono work for people in need. Here’s a link to the speech:

http://www.lawmo.org/pdf/WilsonSpeech.pdf.

 

It’s short and well worth reading.