About a year ago, a young woman from a domestic violence shelter in Alexandria walked into the Fairfax office of Legal Services of Northern Virginia. An illegal immigrant who spoke no English, the woman wanted to get a protective order against her boyfriend, who had just been arrested for assaulting her. Staff at the shelter had helped her file for the order, but without counsel she would have to go to court alone.
Deborah Larson Harrison, director of LSNV’s domestic violence unit, had to turn the woman away, telling her that the group could not represent her. The reason: The clinic received funding from the federal Legal Services Corp.
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