Well, this just blew me away when I read about it a few weeks ago, so naturally I need to pass it on.
A group of some 2,000 lawyers are members in a project called “sachar mitzvah”, which roughly can be translated to the reward (or payment) is the good deed. There are 43 branches all over Israel.
The idea behind this project is that many times justice is harmed because the way to justice is thru payment, which many cannot afford and have no idea how to deal with lawsuits, garnished wages, court orders and different authorities. The idea is to help those cannot afford attorney fees by offering them for free ! The idea was started by a group of a few hundred young lawyers who agreed to back the nominee for the head of the chamber of lawyers in Israel who would help them set up this project, and so it came to be.
Many of the lawyers are top notch attorneys and they are not all religious. A great way to give back to the community !
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