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Article: People's Law School offers community access to lawyers, legal system.
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- Trial
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 American Association for Justice, formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA®). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Most citizens' exposure to the justice system comes from television or from personal experience, perhaps involving child custody hearings or wills and estates. Those informed by television usually don't get the full picture, and those who go to court for the first time in real life may become overwhelmed by a system that seems foreign and daunting.
The People's Law School is designed to change all that. Created in 1978, the ATLA program is modeled after evening community adult education courses. It attempts to educate nonlawyers across the country on legal topics that affect their daily lives. Divorce, employment discrimination, and real estate transactions are ...