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Access to Justice Facts
- Currently in Texas, there are nearly 4 million people living below poverty level. Approximately
5 million Texans qualify for legal aid (125% poverty).1
- To qualify for free civil legal services, an individual must not
earn more than $19,950 per year. A family of four must not earn more
than $41,250 per year.2
- Legal aid organizations help more than 100,000
Texas families each year with their civil legal
needs.3
- Texas ranks 44th in access to legal aid lawyers.5
- "The Justice Gap: The Unmet Civil Legal
Needs of Low-income Americans," report found
that low-income Americans did not receive any or enough legal help for 92% of their civil legal problems.6
Sources:
1 U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey
2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
4 State Bar of Texas
5 The
Justice Index
6 The Justice Gap: The Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low-income Americans , Legal
Services Corporation, 2022
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