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Midwest Summit explores growing issue of legal service deserts

You have undoubtedly heard the term “legal deserts” lately. If you – like me – live in Cook County, you are surrounded by lawyers - lots of them. Cook County has more lawyers than the entire nation of Japan. But there are many, many areas right here in Illinois that have insufficient legal resources – to say the least. Some Illinois counties count the resident judge, State’s Attorney, and part-time Public Defender as the only lawyers.

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