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October Designated Pro Bono Month by Governor McAuliffe (VA)

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

October Designated Pro Bono Month by Governor McAuliffe

 

"In conjunction with the Virginia State Bar’s Pro Bono Conference and Celebration to be held on October 18 in Charlottesville, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has designated October 2017 as Pro Bono Month.

In his proclamation, Governor McAuliffe notes that more than 80 percent of the civil legal needs of Virginia’s poor are unmet and that there are currently less than 140 legal aid lawyers in the state – a ratio of just one per every 7,237 low-income Virginians..."

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