Premise: Funding was declining or stagnant, many people in leadership positions were weary after years of fighting for survival, demand for the delivery of quality legal services was increasing, staff were questioning their work environments and their personal goals, technology was fundamentally changing the practice of law, and society was growing increasingly inhospitable to the needs of poor people.

Hypothesis: Funding was constantly on an upward turn but people in leadership were still fighting for survival.
Relation: contradiction