Justice Gap continued from page 9 Sources: 1 2007 Virginia Legal Needs Study, commissioned by the Legal Services Corporation of Virginia and funded in part by the Virginia Law Foundation; 1994 ABA National Legal Needs Study 2 Russell Engler, “Connecting Self-Representation to Civil Gideon: What Existing Data Reveal About When Counsel is Most Needed,” Fordham Urban Law Journal, Volume 37, Issue 1, 2009. pp. 51-66. 3 Legal Services Corporation of Virginia, Report to the Commonwealth and the General Assembly, FY 014-15, p. 8 4 5 6 id id VSB Membership Report, August 3, 2015 (number of active Virginia lawyers); LSC Grant Application, May 2014(number of legal aid law-yers); US Census website (Virginia population and poverty population) Legal Services Corporation, FY 2016 Budget Request; Alan W. Houseman, The Future of Civil Legal Aid in the United States, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), November 2005 Rule 6.1, Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct Joanna L. Suyes and John E. Whitfi eld, “Is There a Justice Gap in Virginia?” Virginia Lawyer , February 2014 Legal Services Corporation of Virginia, Report to the Commonwealth and the General Assembly, FY 014-15; 2013 VSB Access to Legal Services Statewide Survey of Independent Pro Bono Programs; and an extrapolation of ad hoc pro bono hours from ABA Supporting Justice III report, March 2013 10 7 8 9 10 VIRGINIA LAWYER | October 2016 | Vol. 65 www.vsb.org