The Dallas Bar Association’s Equal Access to Justice fundraising campaign is underway. EAJ funds the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, which represented 2,476 low-income Dallas individuals in legal disputes in 2011. The fundraising efforts are off to a great start, but there’s still a long way to go to raise the $700,000 needed.
“The severe recession has hit poor people especially hard,” says Michael Hurst, a partner at Gruber Hurst and the chair of the EAJ’s fundraiser for 2012. “More than 600,000 people in Dallas County qualify financially for DVAP’s help.”