The road has not always been easy for this group of women providing voluntary pro bono legal services to persons in need 
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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Villagers take their belongings as they flee from flood in Madhepura, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
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South Ossetian residents sit in front of their damaged houses in Tskhinvali, August 30, 2008.
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Moenchengladbach's midfielder Marcel Ndjeng (top) celebrates with Canadian goal scorer Rob Friend during the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Werder Bremen at the Borussia-Park stadium in the western German city of Moenchengladbach on August 30, 2008.
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A Turkish soldier stands on a tank as it moves past a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, during a military parade on the 86th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara, August 30, 2008. Tensions between Turkey's government and its powerful generals will continue clouding the future of the European Union-applicant country, after the new military commander warned against the rising profile of Islam.
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Marion Bartoli of France returns to Lindsay Davenport of the US at the US Open tennis tournament August 29, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, NY. Bartoli won the match 6-1, 7-6(3).
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Sebastien Loeb from France and co-driver Daniel Elena in the Citroen Total world Rally team in their Citroen C4 WRC during day two of the WRC Rally of New Zealand, in Hamilton on August 30, 2008.
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Italian Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi races his motorbike during the MotoGP free practice session at Misano track for the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano Adriatico on August 30, 2008.
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Quotes about Bono
Except if you're a Republican: Reagan, Schwarzenegger, even Sonny Bono. At least the Democrats are smart enough not to want to elect a guy like me to office.
was said
in Denver Post
Who has $20 million? At $20 million, legal-aid organizations generally won’t help you. Since it’s filed in the Southern District of Florida, not a lot of lawyers here are licensed to practice there...I don’t have a car, I don’t have money, so we’re trying to get it transferred here so I can find someone to represent me pro bono.
was said
in Consumerist
Throughout it all, [the challengers’] legal team consisted primarily of the three undersigned attorneys, with occasional support from a small handful of others, all working on a pro bono basis.
was said
in SCOTUSblog
He's on the ground in Africa and he listens to anyone and everyone, and I find that admirable ... He's smart, articulate and is skilled in bringing together, not just heads of Republicans and Democrats, but the heads of state internationally. Perhaps (U2 rock star) Bono could do something similar, but there are only a handful of people that could do what Rick is doing.
said Don Stephens
Quotes from articles mentioning Bono
Since then, they've become very close, which Brad is thrilled about. Angelina is inspired by Bono's humanitarian work and gets on with his wife Ali Hewson. Ali's given Angelina some clothes from her ethical clothing range Edun.
was said
in Aces Showbiz
