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Public Interest

Aug. 1, 2000

True Optimist

Tanya Neiman is the director of the Volunteer Legal Services Program in San Francisco, whose goal is to help those who are not always well-served by the justice system.

        By Meredith Alexander
        
        Billie Holiday is crooning from a framed photo in Tanya Neiman's office. But the jazz singer can't be singing "Billie's Blues" for long with Neiman around. The leader of the Volunteer Legal Services Program of the San Francisco Bar Association could motivate just about anyone to think about t...

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