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The City Bar Justice Center (Justice Center) provides pro bono legal services to low-income clients throughout New York City. It is part of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund,Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. == History == The City Bar Justice Center grew out of ad hoc efforts at the New York City Bar Association during the 70s and 80s to provide pro bono legal services to the poor.〔Morris, Jeffrey B. Making Sure We are True to Our Founders: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1970-95. Fordham University Press, 1970, pp. 136-140. ISBN 0-8232-1738-8 Martin, George. Causes and Conflicts: The Centennial History of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York 1870-1970. Houghton Mifflin, 1997, p. 15. ISBN 0-8232-1735-3〕 These efforts included, in 1978, a committee of senior volunteer lawyers that was formed to assist senior citizens and prisoners. In the early 80s, the Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law trained volunteer lawyers to help Haitians with asylum claims, and, following passage of the 1986 Immigration Law that provided a one-year amnesty for illegal immigrants, the Committee organized legal clinics at churches and neighborhood associations. Around the same time, the City Bar’s Committee on Legal Assistance sponsored a pro bono project in Housing Court. In 1987, the City Bar created the Community Outreach Law Program (COLP) to provide legal information, referral services and direct representation to the city’s homeless. Through the early 1990s, COLP expanded to include Monday Night Law, a free weekly clinic at the City Bar; AIDS Counseling; Hostos Center for Women’s and Immigrants’ Rights; as well as bankruptcy; homeless; cancer and elder law projects. By 1993, more than 100 summer associates volunteered in COLP programs. In 1997, the Self-Help Information, Education and Legal Defense (SHIELD) Hotline was launched as a low-income parallel to the City Bar’s Legal Referral Service. In 1989, the Hostos Center for Women’s and Immigrants’ Rights received the State Bar Association’s Award of Merit. In 1983, the Immigrants Legal Rights Project received the American Bar Association’s Public Service Award. In response to the events of 9/11, the City Bar, through its COLP and SHIELD projects, trained approximately 3,000 attorneys and served over 4,000 New Yorkers affected by 9/11 with pro bono representation. In 2005, the City Bar Fund changed its name to the City Bar Justice Center. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City Bar Justice Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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