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Mar. 31, 2017

185 general counsel urge Congress to maintain funding for Legal Services Corp.

The legal executives sent a letter Tuesday in response to President Donald J. Trump's proposal to defund Legal Services Corp., the nation's largest single funder of civil legal aid.

By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Mark Chandler, general counsel at Cisco Systems Inc., recently picked up an eviction case pro bono for Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, a legal services provider in San Jose. He said he saw firsthand the importance of the foundation and other providers like it.

Chandler kept his pro bono client in mind when he signed a letter to Congress — along with 184 othe...

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