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The New Lawyer Supplement

May 19, 2010

A Little Help From Friends

Twelve aspiring public interest lawyers get scholarships from the California Bar Foundation.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Despite having her first child, Rami, at 15, Lisa Orozco wasn't about to give up on her dream of becoming a lawyer.

But balancing motherhood and her studies weren't Orozco's only challenges. Her son's father was in a gang. And her mother, while willing to support her daughter to help her graduate from high school, thought she should work full time, rather than go to co...

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