Paralegals Providing Free Legal Services
Another in our series on the good paralegals can, and do, do. This one reported by WCTV in Georgia:
Assistance is available for those who cannot afford an attorney. Three Rivers Legal Services offers free civil legal services to low income and other eligible residents.
Paralegals set up at the Taylor County library every fourth Monday of the month to help people with legal issues such as family law, wills, property cases, and more.
Shirley Rentz, a paralegal for Three Rivers, said, “For instance, homeownership is a big thing–foreclosures. When we’re able to keep a family in a home, that’s just wonderful. So, it’s something that’s definitely needed out there.”
Three Rivers is federally funded.
While these services are federally funded, this post is not about the value of federal funding. Rather I focus on the fact that even with federal funding the ability to provide such services is greatly enhanced by the paralegal profession. Far more people get help when paralegals are properly utilized than when there are no paralegal utilized. This is true even in private firms.
