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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 30, 2011

Bar Dues Change Will Boost Legal Aid

The State Bar's legal assistance funds will receive a huge financial boon, thanks to amendments added Tuesday to the annual State Bar Dues bill.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The State Bar's legal assistance funds will receive a financial boon, thanks to amendments made Tuesday to the annual bar dues bill.


In a deal pushed by legislators, the bar will shift $4 million in surplus money to a legal assistance fund by 2013 and reserve a higher amount of lawyers' dues for the fund. The bill's supporters said the two changes will result in millions of do...

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