Do Legal Services Programs Need to Change to Serve the Working Poor Better?

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Advocates can assist their working but still indigent clients by supporting "living wage" campaigns and helping low-wage workers enforce their rights under new living wage laws. They can also ensure that legal services funding restrictions do not prevent programs from helping achieve the best outcomes for their working poor clients.

By Laura K. Abel and Paul K. Sonn From January - February 2001