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Public Interest

Mar. 15, 2016

After 50 years, legal aid who has advocated for the rural poor looks back

California Rural Legal Assistance celebrated 50 years of defending the rural poor Thursday evening. Born out of the Civil Rights era and the War on Poverty, the CRLA has prided itself as defenders of the farmworker.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In 1966, a man named Jim D. Lorenz realized that farmworkers, long marginalized and denied of their rights, needed lawyers. Lorenz went on to start the California Rural Legal Assistance, the first statewide and federally-funded legal aid entity of its kind dedicated to helping the rural poor.

Last Thursday evening CRLA celebrated 50 years of advocating for farmers at a...

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