#98: Web Apps for Justice, with Brad Clark

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#98: Web Apps for Justice, with Brad Clark

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Dec 14, 2016

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In this episode, former public defender Brad Clark explains how he started his own firm, powered by a criminal expungement web app that lets him start helping people before they even contact him. He also talks about his access-to-justice efforts, from mobile legal clinics to financial aid for criminal expungements.

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Dec 14, 2016

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