They're volunteers. I'm a member of the Dallas Bar Association, and an e-mail went out to all of us early last week asking for lawyers to volunteer their time to represent the children and families. I'm sure other local bar associations sent out similar pleas.
Ah-ha - that's interesting. Do you know if some of them are functioning as guardians ad litem, or what? I'd expect some or all of the children might need representation separate from the parents in a case like this.
I don't really know - I didn't really pay that much attention to the e-mail because I knew I didn't have the experience, money or time to do it! But if I remember I think that was brought up in the e-mail and that, yes, some of them are guardians ad litem.
I saw that. All I could think is - why in the world don't they do pretrial binders?! Here in VA, if we have a case involving 4 or more attorneys, we have to put our evidence in binders and then everyone can go over it and submit written objections in advance of the hearing. Makes it much less of a circus.