Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6214

Summary

(a) Projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6213 which are funded either in whole or part by the Legal Services Corporation or with Older Americans Act funds shall be presumed qualified legal services projects for the purpose of this article. (b) Projects

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(a)
Projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6213 which are funded either in whole or part by the Legal Services Corporation or with Older Americans Act funds shall be presumed qualified legal services projects for the purpose of this article.
(b)
Projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6213 but not qualifying under the presumption specified in subdivision (a) shall qualify for funds under this article if they meet all of the following additional criteria:
(1)
They receive cash funds from other sources in the amount of at least twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) per year to support free legal representation to indigent persons.
(2)
They have demonstrated community support for the operation of a viable ongoing program.
(3)
They provide one or both of the following special services:
(A)
The coordination of the recruitment of substantial numbers of attorneys in private practice to provide free legal representation to indigent persons or to qualified legal services projects in California.
(B)
The provision of legal representation, training, or technical assistance on matters concerning special client groups, including the elderly, disabled persons, juveniles, disabled veterans, and
non-English-speaking groups, or on matters of specialized substantive law important to the special client groups.

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  (a) Projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6213 which are funded either in whole or part by the Legal Services Corporation or with Older Americans Act funds shall be presumed qualified legal services projects for the purpose of this article. (b) Projects meeting the requirements of subdivis…