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Help wanted: Unpaid lawyers in Nassau

The administration of Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, struggling with a fiscal crisis, has launched a new program in the County Attorney's office to attract volunteer lawyers, many of whom also are trying to cope in the tough economy.

Since Nassau began advertising for the volunteers in the New York Law Journal earlier this month, about 50 people - 80 percent of whom had no job - have...

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