Talk:Legal aid

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The opening line under the U.S. heading is a bit odd:

"The U.S. has always been less generous than most other First World industrialized democracies in providing counsel to the poor and indigent."

There are hundreds of public interest firms with government funding that provide representation in civil cases [1][2][3], and nearly every large law firm donates thousands of hours of pro bono work[4]. If the funding provided by other First World countries is that much better or effective, then that line would be plausible. But the pieces on the other countries in the article don't indicate as such. --Whitenoise101 03:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC)