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Access to Justice Facts
- Currently in Texas, there are more than 4.6 million people living below poverty level. Approximately
5.7 million Texans qualify for legal aid.1
- To qualify for free civil legal services, an individual must not
earn more than $13,963 per year. A family of four must not earn more than $28,813 per year.2
- Legal aid organizations help more than 100,000
Texas families each year with their civil legal
needs.3
- The average starting salary for a public
interest attorney is approximately $46,000. Most new law
school graduates carry approximately $86,000 or more
in student loan debt.3
- In 2011, Texas attorneys donated more than $887,000 through the State Bar of Texas
dues collection for the provision of civil legal aid for low-income Texans.5
- There is approximately one legal aid lawyer for
every 11,152 Texans who qualify.3
- Due to a lack of resources, only about 20-25
percent of the civil legal needs of low-income and
poor Texans are being met.4
- For every one person helped by legal aid, a
qualifying individual is turned away.6
Download a copy of the
Access to Justice Facts [pdf]
Sources:
1 U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey (CPS)
2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
3 Texas Access to Justice Foundation
4 American Bar Association
5 State Bar of Texas
6 Legal Services Corporation
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