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Two Nationwide Surveys: 1989 Pilot Assessments of the Unmet Legal Needs of the Poor and the Public Generally

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Published by: ABA Consortium on Legal Services and the Public. Published in January 1989.

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The Spangenburg Group study was the first-ever national study of the civil legal needs of low income persons. The study by the American Bar Foundation focused on the incidence of personal, civil, non-business legal problems among adults of all income levels and their use of legal services providers and other mechanisms in resolving the problems.

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