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Sent 1: On Monday, departing Gov. Roy Barnes will spend his first day as a private citizen by starting his new job as a full-time, pro-bono (unpaid) lawyer at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.
Sent 2: The decision by Barnes, the most improbable casualty of Election Day 2002, to go to work for legal aid was almost as unexpected as his November defeat.
Sent 3: As a legal services attorney, Barnes will help women escape domestic violence, Mauricio Vivero is vice president seniors fight predatory lending scams and parents obtain child support for their kids.
Sent 4: of Legal In doing so, he will take his place on the front line of the U.S. legal community's Services Corporation, the uphill and underpublicized struggle to achieve equal access to justice for millions of Washington-Americans too poor to afford legal representation.
Sent 5: based nonprofit corporation chartered by The inaccessibility of the U.S. civil justice system is hardly a new development, but it Congress in took Barnes' decision to put the national media spotlight on our country's ongoing 1974 to promote equal access to access-to-justice crisis.
Sent 6: civil justice.
Sent 7: The 2000 U.S. census reports that more than 43 million Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance, yet fewer than 20 percent of eligible clients (annual income: $11,075 or less) are able to obtain legal help when they need it, according to the American Bar Association.
Sent 8: In Georgia, there is just one legal aid lawyer for every 10,500 eligible poor people.
Sent 9: Barnes understood this problem long before he became governor.
Sent 10: While in private practice, he handled many pro-bono cases and was a frequent volunteer in the Cobb County office of the federally funded Atlanta Legal Aid Society.
Sent 11: Most memorably, he secured a $115 million judgment in 1993 against Fleet Finance for victimizing 18,000 homeowners -- many of them senior citizens -- with its widespread predatory lending mortgage practices.
Sent 12: His long-standing commitment to the underserved is certainly admirable, but it should not be viewed as a rare and laudable act of civic virtue.
Sent 13: To be admitted to practice law, every attorney must take a professional oath to promote justice -- and every state's ethical rules include language indicating lawyers' responsibility to be guardians of fair play for those living in poverty.
Sent 14: In Georgia, many law firms, corporations and private attorneys are working pro bono to serve the neediest clients.
Sent 15: Yet only 23 percent of the state's 23,598 active lawyers reported meeting the Georgia State Bar's goal of 50 hours of pro-bono service in 2002.
Sent 16: The need for volunteers is most severe outside the five-county Atlanta metropolitan area, where 70 percent of the state's poor people are served by only 24 percent of the state's lawyers.
Sent 17: National pro-bono participation is even worse.
Sent 18: Only 23 percent of the roughly 1 million attorneys in America volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually, according to the ABA.

Question: The 2000 U.S. census reported how many Americans qualified for free federally funded legal assistance? (false/0)

Question: What problem did Barnes understand before becoming governor? (true/1)

That more than 43 million Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance
That there are more than enough laywers
Congress
Legal Aid Society
That there is very few legal air lawyer per capita, in poor communities
He understood in Georgia there was a shortage of legal aid lawyers for the poor

Question: Why should Barnes' frequent volunteering with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society not be viewed as rare? (false/2)

Every state's ethical rules undermine language indicating lawyers' responsibility to be guardians of fair play for those living in poverty
Because to be denied to practice law, every attorney must take a professional oath to oppose justice
Because to be admitted to practice law, every attorney must take a professional oath to promote justice -- and every state's ethical rules include language indicating lawyers' responsibility to be guardians of fair play for those living in poverty

Question: Who was Barnes working pro bono for when he secured a $115 million judgment in 1993 against Fleet Finance? (false/3)

Question: National pro-bono participation levels are worse than which state? (false/4)

Question: Who handled many pro-bono cases and was a frequent volunteer in the Cobb County office of the federally funded Atlanta Legal Aid Society? (true/5)

Question: What does Mauricio Vivero fight for? (true/6)

Question: Who qualifies for a legal aid lawyer? (false/7)

No one
Americans with an income of less than $11,075
Everyone

Question: What problem did Barnes understand before he became governor? (false/8)

That more than 43 million Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance
That there are more than enough laywers
Family
Even though tens of millions of Americans qualify for free federally funded legal assistance, fewer than 20 percent of eligible clients are able to obtain legal help when they need it
That there is very few legal air lawyer per capita, in poor communities

Question: How do Georgia's lawyers compare to lawyers nationally in pro-bone participation? (false/9)

Twenty-three percent of Georgia's active lawyers reported in giving 23 hours of pro-bono service, whereas 50% of the lawyers nationally volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually
Twenty-three percent of Georgia's active lawyers reported in giving 50 hours of pro-bono service, whereas 70% of the lawyers nationally volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually
Twenty-three percent of Georgia's active lawyers reported in giving 50 hours of pro-bono service, whereas 23% of the lawyers nationally volunteer even one hour of pro-bono service annually

Question: Before Barnes became governor, what organization did he often volunteer with? (true/10)

The Atlanta Bar Association
The Atlanta Legal Aid Society
The Atlanta LawyersSociety

Question: How many lawyers are available in Georgia for people who have an annual income of $11,075 or less? (true/11)

12
There is one legal aid lawyer for every 10,500 eligible people
55

Question: Who secured a $115 million judgment in 1993 against Fleet Finance for victimizing 18,000 homeowners? (false/12)

Question: Was Gov. Roy Barnes Election Day 2002 defeat expected? (false/13)

No
Probably

Question: As a private citizens, Barnes will be working pro-bono in what field of law? (true/14)

Business law
Family
Elder law
Legal services

Question: Who does Barnes want to help while working as a legal aid lawyer? (false/15)

He wants to help immigrants
Women
Small business
Barnes want to help men escape domestic violence
He wants to help women escape domestic violence

Question: While Georgia's State Bar program had a goal for it's active lawyers to have 50 hours of pro-bono service, how many hour(s) or pro-bono service participation is recorded nationally? (true/16)