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Nov. 19, 2011
A bottom-up take on lawyering
One lawyer makes it his mission to provide legal services to those on the margins of society. By Alfredo Mirandé
Alfredo Mirandé, a sociology professor, Stanford Law graduate, and part-time pro bono attorney, represents clients who are rascuache - a Spanish word for "poor" and on the margins of society. For Mirandé, however, rascuache means to be "down but not out," an underdog who is still holding its ground. The following is an excerpt from "Rascuache Lawyer," (University of Arizona Press, September 201...
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