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SITUATION NORMAL, ALL F*CKED UP

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They're models, not lawyersWhat's going on at the Office of the Regional Conflict Counsel in Broward?Three more lawyers recently quit, and they've been dropping like flies since the place opened its gilded doors on Las Olas Boulevard.While we're told some lawyers have agreed to stay after accepting healthy raises, the prognosis is not good.  Quite simply, the lawyers feel overworked and frustrated, to the point their representation of indigent defendants may be compromised. Is it a funding issue?  The previously mentioned Las Olas digs have already garnered media attention over the exorbitant rent.  The 52 inch Sony LCD television sitting in a box in one of the two unused conference rooms would also suggest otherwise.  The money for that stuff may come out of a different budget than salaries, but who is the person in charge making these questionable decisions?At the local level, it seems no one...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on August 30, 2008 (boomark / email).