Warning that history will judge New York in part by how it meets the legal needs of its most vulnerable citizens in times of financial distress, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman issued a call to arms yesterday for attorneys to provide more pro bono representation to poor civil ligitants.
It is “extremely difficult” and “I would say impossible” for civil litigants to fairly defend themselves if they do not have the benefit of counsel, he said.
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