[chimeracoder]

> So “I’m right but can’t afford the lawyer time” is a very real scenario.

For most cases like the ones we're talking about (NYC unlawful eviction and/or tenant harassment), if you have a good case, you don't have to pay up-front. A lawyer will take it on contingency and get paid by the defendant if you win.

In addition, there are also plenty of free legal resources dedicated to this exact topic as well.

[terminalshort]

True, but it is only an incredibly narrow subset of legal cases where contingency based lawyers exist. As for non LLM legal resources, they are just fine if you have all day to read them and all of another day to draft the required filings, but most people have jobs.

[chimeracoder]

> As for non LLM legal resources, they are just fine if you have all day to read them and all of another day to draft the required filings, but most people have jobs.

You misunderstand. If you are facing tenant harassment in New York City, there are other avenues for you to resolve it that don't involve engaging a lawyer at all.

> True, but it is only an incredibly narrow subset of legal cases where contingency based lawyers exist.

Not really? If anything, there's a pretty narrow subset of cases where it's not possible to get someone on contingency but it is possible to use an LLM to meaningfully push your case forward without one.