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Law Practice

Apr. 26, 2018

Legal incubators can help bridge the justice gap

These programs are helping create a generation of “social justice solos” while diversifying the legal profession.

Twice a month, Attorney Monique Moncayo leads a free consumer debt workshop at Norwalk Courthouse in Los Angeles. The attendees have been sued by creditors. Most have never been to court before.

Monique converses with her audience in "Spanglish," a shorthand blend of Spanish and English commonly heard in Norwalk and in nearby East Los Angeles, where Monique grew up. They respectfully address her as abogada...

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