O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-20-2 (2019)

Declaration of purpose

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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It is in the public interest to promote the availability of legal aid to indigent persons and in connection therewith to encourage the establishment and operation of legal aid agencies by law schools in this state and the utilization of the services of third-year law students in the legal aid agencies as a form of legal intern training and service that will provide competent and professional legal counsel to indigent persons.

History

(Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Programs for defense of indigents in criminal cases, T. 17, C. 12.

Law reviews. - For article discussing the rise of clinical legal education programs, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 443 (1973). For

article, ‘‘Providing Legal Services to Prisoners,’’ see 8 Ga. L. Rev. 363 (1974).