legal aid
noun
: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor
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To ensure that young people keep reaching out for help, more support resources are needed, Thorn's survey said, including helplines and legal aid.
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Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
Legal Services Alabama, a legal aid group, sued Alabama on behalf of Bateman and other residents under a federal civil rights law, Section 1983.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump's Policies Face Legal Challenges The efforts to ramp up deportations, revoke protections and legal aid for immigrants, and expand detention space for ICE by using a site at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have all faced legal challenges.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump admin cuts off legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children
There are still thousands of unaccompanied minors representing themselves at immigration courts across the country.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
Legal Services Alabama, a legal aid group, sued Alabama on behalf of Bateman and other residents under a federal civil rights law, Section 1983.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump's Policies Face Legal Challenges The efforts to ramp up deportations, revoke protections and legal aid for immigrants, and expand detention space for ICE by using a site at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have all faced legal challenges.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump admin cuts off legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children
There are still thousands of unaccompanied minors representing themselves at immigration courts across the country.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Legal aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20aid. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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