Many thanks to Eric and Melissa for their patience and support and to Sophie Sparrow, Amy Vorenberg, Jon Cavicchi for their invaluable feedback, time and good advice in the writing of this article. Thank you to James 1 FLORIDA A & M UNIV. LAW REVIEW "There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, 1956.1 Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.. .it is fundamental that justice should be the same, in substance and availability, without regard to economic status.