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about assistance through the focuses. The two organizations LCAS, LANWT, the organizations
Coalition and its members is have developed a good working mentioned above, and others,
available on the Coalition’s relationship in order to better assist veterans with legal
website, which is www. address the needs of their clients. problems every day, year in and
texaslawhelp.org/texas-veterans- year out. But the organizations
legal-aid-coalition. One example of the type of are able to deal with only about
assistance rendered by LCLAS 10% of the needs of indigents and
Two organizations that have and LANWT involved Bobby, a indigent veterans in Texas. To the
offices in Lubbock and provide Lubbock resident and member of credit of Texas, its governmental
assistance specifically to low- the Army National Guard. While entities, courts, State Bar, and
income residents of South Plains Bobby was deployed to Iraq, his lawyers, Texans are becoming
counties are the Lubbock County wife became addicted to drugs more aware of and focusing on
Legal Aid Society (LCLAS), and moved from Lubbock, taking improving the access to justice for
located at 916 Main Street, their four children with her. indigents, generally, and indigent
Suite 103, ph. 806-762-2325; When Bobby returned to Lubbock veterans, specifically. But the job
and Legal Aid of Northwest and discovered the situation, he is not finished. It is only right
Texas (LANWT), located at 1711 sought help from LCAS. LCAS that, as Americans and Texans, we
Avenue J, ph. 800-933-4557. immediately filed suit on Bobby’s strive both to continue to provide
LCLAS generally focuses on behalf, seeking custody of his the legal assistance now being
legal problems in family law, children. LCAS successfully afforded to veterans in need of
domestic violence, and elder law represented Bobby throughout legal help and also to increase it to
matters, while LANWT generally the suit, resulting in Bobby being more fully meet those needs.
focuses its efforts on matters granted a divorce and primary
other than those on which LCLAS custody of the children.
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