The state has funded a program that has helped nonprofits conduct about 400 legal screenings for new arrivals, but Chicago has yet to invest in legal services since buses started arriving in August, said Ere Rendon, director of Pilsen-based The Resurrection Project.
Lawyers have almost zero professional malpractice liability compared to medical professionals, yet lawyers’ licenses are not threatened when they decline to act.
…Unlike medical professionals, who are required to act, who must risk liability of everything they own, with every patient, whether or not they will be paid for their services.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Old Joe
3 years ago
Well when you let in millions I suppose somethings gotta give.
ProzacPlease
3 years ago
Never thought I would see a headline about a dire shortage of lawyers.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Lawyers have almost zero professional malpractice liability compared to medical professionals, yet lawyers’ licenses are not threatened when they decline to act.
…Unlike medical professionals, who are required to act, who must risk liability of everything they own, with every patient, whether or not they will be paid for their services.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Well when you let in millions I suppose somethings gotta give.
Never thought I would see a headline about a dire shortage of lawyers.