15-20-2. Declaration of purpose.

Active

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

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

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).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, pages 437 to 438; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.