Exodus of state's legal-aid lawyers is forecast.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: December 27, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael Higgins

Dec. 27--Forty-two percent of the state's legal aid lawyers plan to leave their jobs in the next three years, which would further strain the state's legal services for the poor, legal-aid groups say in a recently released report. Many of the lawyers feel pressure to find higher-paying jobs, saying legal aid salaries have not kept pace with the rising cost of law school, according to a survey and report issued last month by the Chicago Bar Foundation Association and Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice. "If you look at law school tuition and ...

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