Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Mar. 28, 2017
Funding cut will deny Californians access to legal aid
The Trump administration's plan to eliminate federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation will hurt poor people and vulnerable communities in California and across the United States.
Maureen E. Keffer
Deputy Director of Programs
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
1430 Franklin St Ste 103
Oakland , CA 94612-3209
Phone: (510) 267-0762
Fax: (510) 267-0763
Email: mkeffer@crla.org
Stanford Univ Law School
Maureen E. Keffer is deputy director of programs at California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. The views expressed here are her own and do not reflect those of CRLA
The legal profession is having a moment in the American imagination. Front-page photographs this winter documented teams of volunteer lawyers who showed up at airports across the country to help people impacted by the executive orders on immigration. The ACLU received an unprecedented $24 million in online donations in one weekend. Once-obscure constitutional clauses are trending topics on Twitter.
But the Trump administration's plan to eliminate federal funding for legal aid, burie...
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