Arkansas Bar President Urges Lawyers to Support Access to Justice

The new president of the Arkansas Bar Association, Jim Julian, has written to Arkansas Business in support of access to justice. 

"In the coming year," Mr. Julian wrote, "every lawyer in Arkansas will be asked to...provide at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services to those in need. Others can make access to justice a reality by contacting the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission and making a financial contribution to the cause."

Mr. Julian's column was published on June 7, 2010.  In it, Mr. Julian discusses the extent of poverty in Arkansas, and he asks Arkansas lawyers to volunteer and donate on behalf of legal aid. His column can be found here.

If you would like to volunteer or donate on behalf of legal aid, please follow the links located in the sidebar to the left.

(Pictured: Jim Julian, President of the Arkansas Bar Association, at the ArBA Annual Meeting in Hot Springs on June 11, 2010.)