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Author:
Schmedemann, Deborah A., 1956- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98109375
Title:
Thorns and roses : lawyers tell their pro bono stories / Deborah A. Schmedemann.
Publisher:
Carolina Academic Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xviii, 183 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Legal assistance to the poor--United States.
Public interest law--United States.
Legal aid--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Paths to travel : founding and running an organization that provides legal information to cancer patients and their families. The bridge to the Hill : testifying before Congress about the need for more resources to address sexual violence in Indian Country -- The canoe has moved : mediating disputes between returning National Guard and Reserve soldiers and their employees -- A bigger tool-chest : assisting people in a transitional housing facility find stability in their next homes -- This concrete thing : litigating a products liability claim for a woman with cerebral palsy against the manufacturer of her defective wheelchair -- Light bulbs : counseling small businesses and nonprofits -- Dark spots in your radar : representing an Oromo man in his hearing before a federal immigration officer in his effort to be granted asylum -- Checkered pasts : trying a police brutality case for a homeless man arrested for loitering -- Teaspoons by teaspoon : appealing a denial of disability benefits for a Cambodian refugee with post-traumatic stress disorder -- A chaste kiss : representing a gay rights organization in its claim of discrimination against a newspaper, before a civil rights agency and in state court -- Basketball : giving voice to a deaf child in his quest to be adopted -- Paths to travel : founding and running an organization that provides legal information to cancer patients and their families.
ISBN:
1594607435
9781594607431
OCLC:
(OCoLC)551378092
LCCN:
2010019415
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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