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Civil Rights

Aug. 4, 2009

Lawyers Take 'Justice Bus' To Serve Poor Clients in Marin County

Low-income citizens in need of legal services got free advice this week from lawyers and summer associates who volunteered to ride on the "justice bus" to an underserved area of Marin County.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN GERONIMO - A day of pro bono legal aid in the rural backcountry of Marin County hadn't even begun, but anxious clients milling around outside the local community center were already peeking into windows and trying to slip in the door as attorneys and law students set up their stations.

Once the doors officially opened, a steady stream of seniors and low-income citizens spilled into the San Geronimo Va...

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