If there is one group of workers in America who are not able to get the services of the private bar because they do not have anywhere near the income to possibly retain them, it is migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. They are employed seasonally; they are getting very low pay; they have no ability to retain private lawyers. This is the classic example of whom the Legal Services Programs should be representing.
Howard Berman: “If there is one group of workers in America who are not able to get the services of the private bar because they do not…”
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Discussing the need for legal services for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers.
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