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Access to Justice Fac
- Currently in Texas, there are nearly 4 million people living below poverty level. Approximately
5.2 million Texans qualify for legal aid (125% poverty).1
- To qualify for free civil legal services, an individual must not
earn more than $16,988 per year. A family of four must not earn more than $34,688 per year.2
- Legal aid organizations help more than 140,000
Texas families each year with their civil legal
needs.3
- Texas lawyers provide more than 2.82 million hours annually in free
or indirect legal services to the poor, valued at more than $564
million, according to the
2017 State Bar of Texas Pro Bono Survey. 4
- Texas ranks 46th in access to legal aid lawyers.5
There is approximately one legal aid lawyer for
every 7,000 Texans who qualify.3
- Due to a lack of resources,less than 10 percent of the civil legal needs of low-income and
poor Texans are being met.6
- For every one person helped by legal aid, a
qualifying individual is turned away.7
Sources:
1 U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey
2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
3 Texas Access to Justice Foundation
4 State Bar of Texas
5 The
Justice Index
6 Texas Unmet Legal
Needs Study
7 Legal Services Corporation
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