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Budget cuts shrink free legal aid for poor in 1980s
The Baytown Sun reports on federal budget cuts to the Legal Services Corporation, reducing funding and staff for free help to the poor. Lawyers shift to advising clients to act as their own advocates, while programs explore law school clinics and private pro bono efforts amidst evolving access to civil legal aid.
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Baytown Sun
Associated Press
Greater Boston
Peter Anderson
Greater Boston Legal Services
Lyndon Johnson
Great Society
Legal Aid
Congress
Legal Services Corporation
LSC
National Public Radio
Senate
Reagan
Edwin Meese
Carter” Ackministration
Donald Bogard
Bogard
Clint Lyons
Peter Broccoletti
James Streeter
Streeter
Broccoletti
American Bar Association
ABA
American Civil Liberties Union
Tennessee
Maine
Utah