Perspective
Mar. 11, 2016
We must adequately fund dependency representation
The failure to adequately do so attorneys in the position of having to choose between doing the best he or she can to represent vulnerable clients and refusing to represent any clients at all. By Janet Sherwood
In 2010, attorney Candi Mayes cofounded the nonprofit Dependency Legal Group (DLG) for the purpose of providing competent, high quality legal representation to families and children involved in juvenile dependency system in San Diego County. DLG employs more than 50 attorneys for this purpose. On Feb. 26, Mayes told the Judicial Council that further implementation of funding cuts adopted last year will result in the eliminatio...
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