Expanding the Reach of Pro Bono Civil Legal Services

This year, over 100,000 low-income individuals in Pima County will face a civil legal problem. 900 attorneys in Pima County are ready to help.  Find out how Step Up to Justice is connecting volunteer attorneys with low-income individuals and families in need.  Step Up to Justice is a full-service free civil legal center powered by the talents of volunteer attorneys. Through careful financial stewardship and technology designed to bring civil legal services to clients where and when they need them, Step Up to Justice builds connections between clients, attorneys and community partners. Step Up to Justice is ground-breaking, forward-thinking and committed to advancing efforts to secure equal access to justice for all.

 

Stacy Rupprecht Butler is an attorney and President of the Board of Directors for Step Up to Justice, a non-profit civil pro bono law center.  She has been active in developing and supporting volunteerism in the Pima County legal community since 1998.  Ms. Butler is employed as the permanent law clerk to the Hon. Jennifer G. Zipps, United States District Court, District of Arizona.  She also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.