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Article

15 Apr 2015

Author:
Susan Beck, AmLaw Daily

USA: Georgetown U. Law Center & two large law firms launching nonprofit law firm to serve low income people

"Georgetown Pairs Up With DLA Piper, Arent Fox to Open Low Bono Firm", 12 Apr 2015

In a novel effort to address the civil legal needs of lower-income people, Georgetown University Law Center is working with two major law firms to create a small nonprofit law firm in Washington, D.C. The unprecedented collaboration…is aimed at providing legal services at affordable rates to people with modest incomes who don't qualify for free legal aid because they're not poor enough. The DC Affordable Law Firm is slated to start taking clients in the fall…The law firms—DLA Piper and Arent Fox—will provide a range of services and support.