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Public Interest

Jan. 23, 2002

Pro Bono Publico

In the summer of 1971, armed with one year of law school, I began my legal career with a summer job at Pine Tree Legal Assistance in my native state of Maine. I worked in a small, economically depressed mill town, populated predominantly by French Canadians who worked along the Androscoggin River.

        By Robert Hirshon
        
        In the summer of 1971, armed with one year of law school, I began my legal career with a summer job at Pine Tree Legal Assistance in my native state of Maine. I worked in a small, economically depressed mill town, populated predominantly by French Canadians who worked along the Androscoggin Ri...

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