Free Legal Answers year in review (2019)

June 9, 2022February 14, 2020 by Jeff Brown

Last year was another great year for Wisconsin Free Legal Answers. Here are the numbers for 2019 (with comparisons to 2018).

999 questions asked (up 20%)
948 questions answered (up 28%)
95% answer rate (up from 89%)

We also went from 190 volunteers signed up a year ago to 240 volunteers today.

The top areas for questions were Family (40%), Consumer (14%), Housing (12%), Employment (6%), Estates (5%), Real estate (3%), and Other (9%).

Wisconsin Free Legal Answers is an online legal clinic that uses volunteer Wisconsin lawyers to respond to civil (not criminal) legal questions from low and moderate income residents. We are part of the ABA Free Legal Answers network.

You can help us spread the word by sharing this downloadable flyer with social services agencies in your area.

We need your support

Access to justice requires a steady commitment of time, money, and effort. Members of the commission are all volunteers and donate a considerable amount of their time every month. Everything else we do to support and expand access for Wisconsin residents has some cost. We need your support in the manner that best fits your resources, your time, and your experience.

Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission

We are a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) Wisconsin corporation governed by an 18 member board. Board members are appointed by our stakeholders: the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Governor, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Legislature, Marquette University Law School, the University of Wisconsin Law School, the Wisconsin Tribal Judges Association, and the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation.

The Commission was created by an order of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in response to a petition filed by the State Bar of Wisconsin. We are a proud member of the Civil Legal Aid Alliance of Wisconsin (CLAAW).