: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe investigation, prompted by hundreds of resident complaints logged by a local legal aid group, is likely to be one of the most ambitious environmental justice reviews undertaken by the department in recent years.New York Times, 22 July 2022 Over 1,350 people are in jail or under house arrest for their roles in the July 11 protests, according to Laritza Diversent, director of Cubalex, a U.S.-based legal aid group tracking the detentions. Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2022 Florida and Idaho are the only states that don’t give funding to civil legal aid. Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 27 May 2021 Her legal aid attorney was able to get more than $10,000 in back and future rent and made sure repairs were made before the landlord got the dollars. Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2022 When the operative Marvin Lucas seeks him out at the start of the film, McKay is working at a legal aid clinic. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 In the Season Five finale, Jimmy hoped that Kim was joking about wrecking Howard Hamlin’s reputation in order to force an early Sandpiper settlement, and to use Jimmy’s cut to finance her legal aid practice. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2022 There are more than 800 legal aid offices serving every county and territory in the United States, according to the Department of Justice.USA Today, 4 Apr. 2022 The democracy group, which includes a university professor and a 90-year-old Catholic bishop, were trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal aid to those partaking in Hong Kong’s June 12, 2019 pro-democracy protests. Michelle Le, National Review, 1 July 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
legal aid
noun
: aid provided by an organization established to serve the legal needs of the poor