nonprofit legal-aid provider
The Legal Aid Society
Industry Legal
A nonprofit legal-aid organization providing civil, criminal defense, and juvenile-rights services in New York City. The Legal Aid Society scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and the institution is less hostile to people with weak bargaining power, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.
Why this matters: The Legal Aid Society is a strong legal-services entry because it routes legal capacity to people facing poverty, prosecution, eviction, and institutional power.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Extraction; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.
Strengths
- Extraction8/10
- Ownership7/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
Penalties
- No penalties applied in this version.
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims3
- Direct axis claims3
- Coverage3/9
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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7 / 10 |
The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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6 / 10 |
The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets. Linked evidence
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Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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8 / 10 |
The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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5 / 7 |
The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets. Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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7 / 7 |
The organization prioritizes legal help for people who otherwise lack power in courts and public systems, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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7 / 7 |
The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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5 / 5 |
The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
The Legal Aid Society provides civil, criminal defense, and juvenile-rights legal services, supporting Product Integrity for ordinary and emergency legal needs. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets. Linked evidence
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Penalties
No penalties applied in this version.
Bonus Credits
No bonus credits applied in this version.
Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 70/100
3 verified linked claims 3 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 3/9 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 20/20
3 verified linked claims
Source quality 12/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 6/18
3 direct claims across 9 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 3/10
3/9 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit legal-services organization, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with private legal-service markets.
- The Legal Aid Society AboutOfficial self-description · 68%
2The Legal Aid Society provides civil, criminal defense, and juvenile-rights legal services, supporting Product Integrity for ordinary and emergency legal needs.
- The Legal Aid Society Get HelpGeneral web source · 58%
3The organization prioritizes legal help for people who otherwise lack power in courts and public systems, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment.
- The Legal Aid Society AboutOfficial self-description · 68%
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