• Legal aid in the United States is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system in...
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  • development of legal aid and its principles, primarily as known in Europe, the Commonwealth of Nations and in the United States. Legal aid is essential...
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    and largest provider of legal aid in the United States. Its attorneys provide representation on criminal and civil matters in both individual cases and...
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  • paid for by the government. Prior to the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, legal aid was accessible only to those who had the ability to...
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    The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a publicly funded, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress. It seeks to ensure...
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  • Neiman, and Hillary Clinton. Law portal Legal aid in the United States Cessie Alfonso Martha J. Bergmark "Legal Aid Societies," MSN Encantra, [1] Archived...
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  • is illegal in all 50 states of the United States. Assisted suicide is legal in 10 jurisdictions in the US: Washington, D.C. and the states of California...
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    In the United States, the term "assisted suicide" is typically used to describe what proponents refer to as "medical aid in dying", in which a terminally...
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  • Whistleblower Aid is a nonprofit legal assistance organization co-founded by John Tye and Mark Zaid to help whistleblowers in government and the private sector...
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  • The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is a legal aid society in Cleveland, Ohio established in 1905. It helped pioneer a nationwide legal aid movement whose...
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  • aid in the United States is funding that is available exclusively to students attending a post-secondary educational institution in the United States...
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  • Legal Assistance (PTLA) is a nonprofit agency that specializes in providing free civil legal services for the poor in Maine, United States. Based in Portland...
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    TRLA is the largest legal aid provider in Texas and the second largest in the United States. TRLA's mission is to promote the dignity, self sufficiency...
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  • referral services may attempt to match the client with a pro bono lawyer, or direct the client to contact a legal aid organization or law student clinic for...
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  • provide pro bono legal services to those who could not afford the services. The Jacksonville Area Legal Aid was officially named in 1973, and received...
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    identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States. Green card holders are formally known as lawful permanent residents...
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  • Aid Access is a nonprofit organization that provides access to medication abortion by mail to the United States and worldwide. It describes its work as...
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    The Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (CVLAS) is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal assistance in civil matters to low-income and elderly...
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    The Legal Aid Justice Center is a Virginia based non-profit organization which provides legal services and advocacy to low income individuals. It was...
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  • along with the Legal Aid Society, New York County Defender Services in Manhattan, Brooklyn Defender Services in Brooklyn, Queens Law Associates in Queens...
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  • tradition of jury nullification in the United States has its roots in the British legal system, specifically in a 1670 English case where Quakers were...
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  • Gideon v. Wainwright (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court)
    marked a key transition in legal aid in the United States. Before Gideon, civil litigants were able to access counsel only based on the following three stringent...
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    A legal clinic (also law clinic or law-school clinic) is a legal aid or law-school program providing services to various clients and often hands-on legal...
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  • The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. With the...
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    The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...
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  • Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) is a nonprofit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in New York City. The community-based...
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  • non-profit legal aid and civil rights organization dedicated to advocacy, providing legal services and education and building coalitions on behalf of the Asian...
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  • these delivery models. Duty counsel Duty solicitor Legal aid Legal aid in the United States "About Us". The Public Defenders. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2...
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  • The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing Native Hawaiians in legal disputes over land rights...
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    In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...
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