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In Wake of Death of Alton Sterling, Civil Rights Organizations Launch Pro Bono Legal Support Program to Defend Rights of Protesters in Louisiana

  • 7/11/2016
  • Rebecca Sturtevant
  • Lawyer's Committee For Civil Rights Under The Law
  • Source: Misc National Sites

"In the wake of the tragic death of Alton Sterling, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society of Baton Rouge – an affiliate of the National Bar Association, and the National Lawyers Guild of Southern University Law Center at Baton Rouge have partnered to provide pro-bono legal services to peaceful protesters arrested while exercising their right to call for justice..."

 

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