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Law Practice

Nov. 30, 2021

Pro bono attorneys make most of difficult time

“You don’t have to do 20 or 30 hours to make a huge difference in someone else’s life,” Crystal Hayes Hill said.

Two afternoons each month throughout the coronavirus pandemic, family law and probate attorney Crystal Hayes Hill took to the phones on behalf of the Los Angeles County Law Library. As part of the "Lawyers in the Library" program, she gives people without legal representation some friendly guidance.

"A lot of times, they don't have the terminology," Hill said. "This gives them a starting point."

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