Message from the Chair

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 36 No. 2
• Publication year: 2014
• Author: Andrew Cain
• topic: Family Law

Message from the Chair

Andrew Cain

Iused this space in the last issue of the Family Law News as a platform to address the funding crisis impacting the state's judicial system. Regardless of where you are aligned in the debate over how the money should be spent, my hope is that you took to heart my call for action and plan to make your voice heard. Among the many harms associated with these contractions in the scope of the judiciary is the exacerbation of the justice gap in California. Fortunately, the tools we have at our disposal to help address the access to the justice problem extend beyond picking up the phone and contacting an elected official.

One attorney is licensed in the state of California for approximately every 250 residents. While we might quarrel over the competition for business created by those numbers, no one would dispute that every resident of financial means has the ability to hire a qualified...