This article on Boston.com /The Boston Globe by John Broderick, dean and president of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, and Martha Minow, dean and professor at Harvard Law School, discusses the House of Representative's call for cutting $70 million from the Congressional grants for civil legal assistance.
As a result of such cuts many of the 900 programs helped by the federally-funded Legal Services Corporation will need to close - 370 staff attorneys will be let go and 162,000 fewer people will be served - just as the recession pushes the highest number of Americans into poverty in 51 years.
The article concludes by stating that, "As deans and teachers of law students, we urge our students to carry on the vision of “equal justice under law.” This founding value should not be left on the cutting-room floor."
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