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2. Legal aid in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Legal aid for civil cases is currently provided by a variety of public interest law firms and community legal clinics, who often have "legal aid" or "legal services" in their names. Public interest practice emerged from the goal of promoting access to equal justice for the poor and this was inspired from the legal services disparity amongst ...

3. Free Law Project - Wikipedia

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   Free Law Project is a United States federal 501(c)(3) Oakland-based [1] nonprofit that provides free access to primary legal materials, develops legal research tools, and supports academic research on legal corpora. [2] Free Law Project has several initiatives that collect and share legal information, including the largest [3] collection of ...

4. Vital record - Wikipedia

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   Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates. In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include records of civil unions or domestic partnerships.

5. New Michigan rule limiting access to records in the People's ...

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   So, it is with a heavy heart, that I tell the legal eagles perched in their aerie atop the Michigan State Supreme Court that their well-intentioned plan ordering district courts — the People's ...

6. Michigan Supreme Court plans rule that blocks access to ...

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   Herschel Fink, general counsel for the Detroit Free Press, said the rule appears to violate case law from the U.S. Supreme Court and Michigan courts that says court records are open to the public.

7. Legal aid - Wikipedia

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   Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system.Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to counsel and the right to a fair trial.

8. Legal Services Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a publicly funded, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress.It seeks to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing funding for civil legal aid to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it.

9. National Legal Aid & Defender Association - Wikipedia

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   In 1911, legal aid societies joined together to form the National Alliance of Legal Aid Societies. Arthur von Briesen of the Legal Aid Society of New York was the first president of the organization that became the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) in 1949. [4] The concept of free legal assistance for the poor was promoted by ...