Law Practice
Mar. 3, 2009
BERG: From Tijuana to Compton, via Harvard Law
Columnist Martin Berg takes a look at the "low bono" phenomenon, with a Compton legal non-profit that is helping an underserved slice of the population.
Banks turning into zombies, markets careening in free fall, law firms discarding lawyers, nonprofits pummeled, fear and gloom everywhere.
Where to go for a little jolt of hope and inspiration?
How about Compton?
That's where I met Luz Herrera, in a storefront office in a former deli on a dreary stretch of East Compton Boulevard next to a beauty parlor.
She's just your typical Tijuana-born, East L.A.-raised, Harvard Law School-educated Big Law ref...
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