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ABA board rebuffs plan to hire private lawyers for the poor
The American Bar Association's governing board rejected a call to substantially expand private lawyers paid with federal funds to represent the poor. The board instead ordered a study of private attorney involvement in antipoverty programs and urged continued experimentation with such efforts as Congress debates changes to the federal legal services program. The move highlights intra profession pressure amid broader questions about the Office of Economic Opportunity funded legal aid and a potential separate corporate structure.
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