legal aid
noun
: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor
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The mayor of San Juan, Miguel Romero, has said that municipal police are not working for or helping federal agents, and that the city is offering legal aid and other assistance.
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Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Taken to Louisiana The American Civil Liberties Union filed both suits on behalf of legal aid groups for the immigrants and their family members.
—Ariana Figueroa, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2025
Traces of the hippie culture often derided by punks persisted in the form of the Arts Lab movement, as well as in alternative bookshops, distribution systems, performance spaces, and political collectives centered on health, sexuality, and legal aid.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
During the Reagan administration, a similar approach was used to restrict class action lawsuits within legal aid work.
—Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
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Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Taken to Louisiana The American Civil Liberties Union filed both suits on behalf of legal aid groups for the immigrants and their family members.
—Ariana Figueroa, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2025
Traces of the hippie culture often derided by punks persisted in the form of the Arts Lab movement, as well as in alternative bookshops, distribution systems, performance spaces, and political collectives centered on health, sexuality, and legal aid.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
During the Reagan administration, a similar approach was used to restrict class action lawsuits within legal aid work.
—Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Legal aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20aid. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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