Malumba,

  I could not disagree more vehemently.
  If I'm providing a service of any kind, it's up to me, as an individual, to decide what I will charge or if I will provide it voluntarily free of charge. There are no "market conditions" compelling me  to price my services out of reach of the majority. 
   A lawyer requires no "basic amount of infrastructure and organizational support" to represent someone. He can work from home if he wants to.
  Were you around in the late 1960's and early 1970's.? Most of the boomer generation would not have considered becoming lawyers without providing affordable legal services for those who couldn't afford fees. Many believed it the duty of an honest decent lawyer to do a certain amount of pro bono work. Most believed legal aid should be available for all legal concerns, not merely criminal matters. Storefront lawyers at the grass roots provided representation as a matter of  democratic duty.
   "Justice for all" is the essence of democracy.