Concordia University - Portland CU Commons Faculty Scholarship School of Law Fall 2016 Poverty, the Great Unequalizer: Improving the Delivery System for Civil Legal Aid Latonia Haney Keith Concordia University School of Law,
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[email protected]. POVERTY, THE GREAT UNEQUALIZER: IMPROVING THE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CIVIL LEGAL AID Latonia Haney Keith+ I. THE POVERTY LANDSCAPE—WHO NEEDS LEGAL HELP & WHY? ...............58 A. Demographics of Low-Income Populations .........................................59 1. Clients Eligible for LSC-Funded Civil Legal Aid ..........................59 2. Other Vulnerable Populations .......................................................60 B. Civil Legal Needs of Low-Income Populations ....................................63 1. Cases or Matters Handled by LSC-Grantees .................................63 2. Civil Legal Needs Studies ..............................................................63 3. Cases or Matters Handled by Pro Bono Attorneys ........................64 II. CIVIL LEGAL AID—THE COMPLEXITY OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM.............65 A. Increasing Supply: Initiatives to Expand Legal Aid into the Private Bar & Law Schools ...................................................67 1. Pro Bono Legal Services ................................................................67 2.