LAAC Retention and Recruitment Report
July 6, 2010 (posted by Brian Lawlor)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.