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Texas Access to Justice Commission, Others Report to the Supreme Court of Texas on the Status of Legal Aid
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike and a rise in poverty continue to strain resources for providing free civil legal services to poor Texans, according to a report presented Dec. 10 to the Supreme Court of Texas by the Texas Access to Justice Commission.
"The report to the Court detailed the issues that impact access to the civil justice system in Texas, including limited resources, scarcity of legal services in rural areas of the state, and a rapidly increasing poverty population," Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson, said. "While important progress has been made, Texas is still facing significant challenges in providing justice for all of our citizens."
Texas saw a...
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