Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman told a forum of court and legal officials from around the Northeast yesterday that an economic “tsumani” has created a gaping hole in the ability to provide low-income clients with civil legal representation in New York. “Every person, regardless of means, is entitled to their day in court,” Judge Lippman said at the University of New Hampshire School of Law in Concord, N.H.
The forum, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Center for State Courts, was held to discuss current shortfalls in state court funding and its effect on the public. Judge Lippman argued that a “pay-as-you-go” approach to providing the brunt of funding for civil legal services, as New York has largely done through the Interest on Lawyer Account (NYLJ, May 24), is no longer adequate. He has proposed using taxes to boost funding for civil legal services another $100 million a year in four years (NYLJ, Dec. 2). The current-year state budget includes an extra $12.5 million for that purpose.
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