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Tacoma attorney outlines monthly name-change clinic serving transgender youth and others
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John Cummings described a pro bono legal clinic in Pierce County that provides monthly name-change services for transgender people, victims of trafficking and others, citing partnerships with local nonprofits and Tacoma Pro Bono.
John Cummings, a civil litigator at Eisenhower Carlson in Tacoma and a pro tem judge in Pierce County, described a pro bono name-change clinic that he said now operates monthly and serves transgender youth, victims of trafficking and others.
"Pro bono service is essential to the law. We as attorneys have a unique opportunity to expand access to justice," Cummings said, describing work he said began three to four years ago as part of the "Robert J. Bridal Inn of Court" in Pierce County and expanded in partnership with Oasis Youth Center, the Rainbow Center and Tacoma Pro Bono.
Cummings told…
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