Attorneys As Activists: Evaluating the American Bar Association's BASICS Program
- ISBN-10
- 0835758699
- ISBN-13
- 9780835758697
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Authors
- Ross F. Conner, C. Ronald Huff
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- 1979-10-01
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- SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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