When the White House released the 2018 budget outline, one element that caught my attention was the proposed elimination of Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which is the primary source of funding for civil court legal aid for low-income Americans. Funding for LSC is critical to the lives of many Americans as well as to the viability of access to our legal system.
Combine this possibility with the fact that law offices are doing less work for individuals and more work for businesses, and this spells trouble for the 75 percent of Americans who experience at least one legal event a year. And even if people are able to connect with a quality attorney, how are they able to afford attorney fees that average $343 an hour when the majority of Americans have a hard time paying a one-time emergency expense of $400?
Now more than ever, legal insurance is a benefit employees need.
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