84th Legislative Session News

More state money is needed to provide legal
representation for the poor - Austin American Statesman,  
March 31, 2015
• Legal aid for poor merits legislative approval
  - San Antonio Express-News, March 18, 2015
  
• Legal Aid Funding Shortfall Creates Risk for Texans
  and the State  - Feb. 18 press conference highlights

• News coverage:
  • Chief Justice Hecht Presses Lawmakers on Legal Aid for Veterans, Poor - Texas Tribune
  • Chief Justice: Offer Legal Aid for Veterans, Reform Truancy Laws - Austin American-Statesman
  • KUT radio stories
• Watch the Feb. 18 press conference at  the Capitol:

• Press Conference on Legal Aid Funding to be
  Held Feb. 18 at the Capitol

• HB 1079 seeks to expand the Chief Justice
  Jack Pope Act
• Access to Justice in Texas brochure
• Access to Justice for TEXAS VETERANS brochure

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