Middle-Class Dilemma: Can’t Afford Lawyers, Can’t Qualify for Legal Aid

Middle-Class Dilemma: Can’t Afford Lawyers, Can’t Qualify for Legal Aid: "Lawyers are just too expensive for many people needing legal help, a law professor says. “You can hardly find a lawyer who charges less than $150 per hour, which is out of reach for most people,' University of Southern California law professor Gillian Hadfield tells the Wall Street Journal. At the same time, people who can’t afford lawyers make too much money to qualify for legal aid. Most aid groups serve those at or below the poverty line, and budget cuts are forcing the organizations to turn away more people, the story says. The newspaper cites a survey of nearly…"