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Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (CVLAS) is a non-profit organization
providing free legal advice and representation to low income or elderly
persons in five cities and 15 counties in central Virginia. Offices are
located in Richmond, Petersburg, and Charlottesville.
Founded in 1971, CVLAS's mission is, and always has been, the zealous
legal representation without charge to low income or elderly clients in
civil cases and to help the low income and elderly client community
through preventitive community legal education. CVLAS is a §501(c)(3)
organization.
"There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets
depends on the amount of money he has."
- United States
Supreme Court Judge Hugo Black,
Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12, 19
(1956)
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