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Public Interest

Dec. 30, 2016

Orange County lawyers volunteer to help homeless at camps around courthouse

The Orange County Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society of Orange County partnered to offer free legal assistance to the hundreds of people who line the Civic Center grounds every day.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA — Faced with a mounting homeless population, members of Orange County's legal community are embracing a meaningful and sometimes arduous undertaking: helping them.

The growing presence of homeless people at Civic Center Plaza in Santa Ana is unavoidable for many lawyers working there: Prosecutors and public defenders have their offices nearby, and all walk past the camps on...

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