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Earlier in Our History – 1917 The "Rockefeller Lawyers" Represent Criminal Defendants Next in Our History – 1920 Our First Criminal Branch Launches

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1917

Charles Evans Hughes Becomes Our Third President

Charles Evans Hughes, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Governor of New York, became the third President of The Legal Aid Society and enlisted the support of New York’s leading law firms.

Charles Evans Hughes, 3rd President of The Legal Aid Society

Charles Evans Hughes, 3rd President of The Legal Aid Society 1917

Earlier in Our History – 1917 The "Rockefeller Lawyers" Represent Criminal Defendants Next in Our History – 1920 Our First Criminal Branch Launches

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