Public defenders are suing to limit the number of cases they take on, because of the “ethical concerns that quality of legal representation rendered is compromised by the current overwhelming workload.”
Hmm, remind you of another profession?
I wonder if the solution is to simply hire more foreign medical, I mean law school, graduates to compensate for the shortages. Surely we wouldn’t entertain the unfathomable notion that if public defenders and primary care docs were better remunerated, the quality of work provided by each respective professional class might be better and, in the long run, cheaper.
topics: overworked, lawyers
