"I now put in over 800 hours of pro bono time in the NY County Housing Court in various programs since my retirement. I am grateful for the experience to be able to keep up my skills, and I also get a great sense of satisfaction helping others; but this program is a drop in the bucket for what is needed if we are truly to give all people an equal access to justice. Our state needs to have more paid attorneys helping out those of limited income in civil matters such as eviction, deportation and custody hearings, and we need to streamline the process and simplify it even more than the "Do It Yourself" computer system, (that still is a hurdle for so many litigants). Since I have been volunteering every Monday for around 8 years, I feel like I work for the Courts, but just don't get paid. Proudly I am finally using my legal skills to be like the lawyer I dreamt about becoming."
