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Education

Aug. 9, 2014

Law schools, legal aid society partner in innovative incubator for new lawyers

Graduates from Orange County's four ABA law schools will land spots next year in a solo practice training program run by the Legal Aid Society and housed in a former Dairy Queen.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - Come January, 40 brand-new lawyers will begin serving clients at a converted Dairy Queen in Orange County. No, not Blizzards. Instead, they will be practicing law as part of the Legal Aid Society of Orange County's "incubator" program for recent law school graduates. They are expected to be representing primarily low- and modest-means clients with basic consumer and family law matters, including landlord...

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