I have always been a trial lawyer. (Well, since law school anyway!) And I am, among other things, a family lawyer. So, in the old days, I offered free divorces because it was an easy way for me to give back. But after I spent a couple of years volunteering like this, I became dis-enamored with the […]
We immediately ran into problems. Not that finding clients who qualify for free services was difficult. No, for sale we had an established local agency in our community intaking and qualifying needy individuals. So, we simply solicited referrals there. However, I had naïvely expected that Bay Area Legal Services would send us prospective clients without hesitating. Not so fast! The first problem
