Lawyers round up Katrina relief

BILL FREEHLING
The Free Lance-Star

Virginia lawyers are pitching in to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, offering free legal assistance to evacuees and helping attorneys in affected areas. The Virginia State Bar has led an effort to recruit and train lawyers to give free legal help to evacuees who have relocated to the state.

And the Virginia Bar Association has set up a fund to help rebuild judicial systems in Louisiana and Mississippi. About 440 lawyers have signed up to do pro bono work to aid evacuees, said Mary Yancey Spencer, deputy executive director of the Virginia State Bar.

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