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Public Interest

Apr. 10, 2009

Bankruptcy Clinics Work With Growing Ranks of Financially Strapped

Attorneys, judges and others are helping to start clinics in the Northern District of California to advise the growing numbers of financially strapped people on filing for bankruptcy.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Gloria Franklin, the clerk for the Northern District of California's bankruptcy court, knows the statistics show personal bankruptcy filings are on the rise as the economy plunges.

That's one reason why she, along with bankruptcy judges and attorneys from various bar associations, helped start the Northern District's Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project, which will offer free legal clinics for som...

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