This has already been widely circulated within the California legal services community, but is undoubtedly of interest to legal services programs elsewhere — Shaping the Future of Justice: Effective Recruitment and Retention of Civil Legal Aid Attorneys in California, a thorough, if disheartening 68-page report from the Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC) on the present state and long-term corrosive effect of grossly underpaying legal services attorneys.

On Friday, August 20, 2010, LAAC is sponsoring a webinar to review and discuss the data in the report. If interersted, register for Why Legal Services Attorneys Leave and Recommendations to Keep Them.