The letterhead on correspondence still bears the Bexar County Legal Aid name, even though the organization is no longer. Texas Rural Legal Aid - known for its fearless and sometimes controversial advocacy of the poorest of the poor - last week took over four other corporations serving the legal needs of the indigent in Southwest Texas, including the one in Bexar County. The new 68-county legal aid organization has yet to be named and stretches from El Paso to Corpus Christi, Harlingen to Austin. The leader for the super-sized law firm has big plans. "I'm more interested in looking at what we as advocates can do to address the serious problems of poverty than the number of cases we close," said David Hall, the TRLA executive director. In the Rio Grande Valley, Hall's attorneys set up separate groups to assist small-business owners and residents with low-interest loans and legal representation. They also operate a legal arm that assists migrant workers from Texas to Kentucky. Now, Hall said, he wants to make services to the poor more efficient by working with law students who will handle less complicated legal matters, allowing licensed attorneys to take more "high impact" cases to court. "What we need to do is handle cases as efficiently as we can, leveraging the amount of time of the lawyer that goes in there and maximizing the number of people that they can help at one time," Hall said. His plan is to place the 110 attorneys on staff in teams working on specialized legal issues. He wants to expand the law clinic it already has with St. Mary's University Law School to involve students at the University of Texas Law School. The law students at St. Mary's interview potential clients, assist them with filling out legal documents and answer the telephones for the legal hotline, freeing up TRLA lawyers to handle the complicated cases, Hall said. By the end of September, Hall said all the attorneys working with the poor in the 68county area will be placed on the same computer network so they can pass cases to the best available attorneys. Last year, board members on the former Legal Aid of Central Texas and Bexar County Legal Aid resisted the merger, saying that the mergers were done illegally and without the input of board members. They also argued that Hall's litigious style hampered their ability to garner funds from Congress. TRLA generated controversy in 1996, when its attorneys challenged the rights of 800 military personnel to vote in Val Verde County elections by absentee ballot after a former Ku Klux Klan member won a county commissioner post. Brendan Gill, the former executive director of the Bexar County group, said he has since come to see the merger as a positive move for South Texas. "I always knew there were good points to merging, just as I knew that there were bad points," Gill said. 

According to the above paragraph, the correct answer to the question "What kind of workers does TRLA assist?" is "Poorest of the poor"?

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes
Brevhuvudet på korrespondens bär fortfarande namnet Bexar County Legal Aid, trots att organisationen inte längre är det. Texas Rural Legal Aid - känd för sin orädda och ibland kontroversiella förespråkare för de fattigaste av de fattiga - förra veckan tog över fyra andra företag som tjänar de juridiska behoven hos den grövre i sydvästra Texas, inklusive den i Bexar County. Den nya rättshjälpsorganisationen i 68 länder har ännu inte fått sitt namn och sträcker sig från El Paso till Corpus Christi, Harlingen till Austin. Ledaren för den superstora advokatbyrån har stora planer. "Jag är mer intresserad av att titta på vad vi som förespråkare kan göra för att ta itu med de allvarliga problemen med fattigdom än antalet fall vi avslutar", säger David Hall, TRLA:s verkställande direktör. I Rio Grande Valley bildade Halls advokater separata grupper för att bistå småföretagare och invånare med lågräntelån och juridiskt ombud. De driver också en juridisk arm som bistår migrerande arbetstagare från Texas till Kentucky. Hall sa att han vill göra tjänster till de fattiga mer effektiva genom att arbeta med juridikstudenter som kommer att hantera mindre komplicerade juridiska frågor, vilket gör det möjligt för licensierade advokater att ta mer "hög effekt" mål till domstol. "Vad vi behöver göra är att hantera ärenden så effektivt som möjligt, utnyttja den tid som advokaten som går in där och maximera antalet personer som de kan hjälpa på en gång," sade Hall. Hans plan är att placera de 110 advokaterna på personal i team som arbetar med specialiserade juridiska frågor. Han vill utöka den advokatklinik den redan har med St Mary's University Law School för att involvera studenter vid University of Texas Law School. Juridiska studenter på St Marys intervju potentiella klienter, hjälpa dem med att fylla i juridiska dokument och svara på telefonerna för den juridiska jourtelefonen, frigöra TRLA advokater för att hantera de komplicerade fall, sade Hall. I slutet av september, Hall sade alla advokater som arbetar med fattiga i 68county området kommer att placeras på samma datornätverk så att de kan skicka ärenden till de bästa tillgängliga advokater. Förra året motsatte sig styrelseledamöterna i Central Texas och Bexar Countys rättshjälp sammanslagningen och menade att sammanslagningarna genomfördes olagligt och utan styrelsemedlemmars medverkan. De menade också att Halls tvistiga stil hämmade deras förmåga att få in medel från kongressen. TRLA genererade kontroverser 1996, då dess advokater ifrågasatte 800 militärers rättigheter att rösta i Val Verde County-val genom frånvarande valsedel efter att en tidigare Ku Klux Klan-medlem vunnit en county Commissioner-post. Brendan Gill, den tidigare verkställande direktören för Bexar County-gruppen, sade att han sedan dess har kommit att se sammanslagningen som ett positivt drag för South Texas. "Jag visste alltid att det fanns bra poäng med sammanslagningen, precis som jag visste att det fanns dåliga punkter," Gill sade. Det korrekta svaret på frågan "Vad för slags arbetare bistår TRLA?" Är "Stackars av de fattiga"? ALTERNATIV: - nej - ja
The letterhead of correspondence still bears the name of Bexar County Legal Aid, despite the fact that the organization is no longer. Texas Rural Legal Aid - known for its fearless and sometimes controversial advocate for the poorest of the poor - last week took over four other companies that serve the legal needs of the coarser in southwestern Texas, including that of Bexar County. The new legal aid organisation in 68 countries has not yet been named and extends from El Paso to Corpus Christi, Harlingen to Austin. The leader of the super-large law firm has big plans. "I'm more interested in looking at what we as advocates can do to address the serious problems of poverty than the number of cases we end," said David Hall, TRLA's managing director. In the Rio Grande Valley, Hall's lawyers formed separate groups to assist small businesses and residents with low interest loans and legal counsel. They also run a legal arm assisting migrant workers from Texas to Kentucky. Hall said he wants to make services to the poor more effective by working with law students who will deal with less complicated legal issues, allowing licensed lawyers to take more "high impact" cases to court. "What we need to do is deal with matters as efficiently as possible, take advantage of the time that the lawyer goes in there and maximize the number of people they can help at once," Hall said. His plan is to place the 110 lawyers on staff in teams working on specialized legal issues. He wants to expand the law clinic it already has with St Mary's University Law School to involve students at the University of Texas Law School. Legal students at St Mary's interview potential clients, helping them fill in legal documents and answering the phones for the legal hotline, freeing TRLA lawyers to deal with the complicated cases, Hall said. In late September, Hall said all lawyers working with the poor in the 68 county area will be placed on the same computer network so they can send errands to the best available lawyers. Last year, the board members of Central Texas and Bexar County legal aid opposed the merger and argued that the mergers were conducted illegally and without the involvement of board members. They also argued that Hall's contentious style hampered their ability to obtain funds from Congress. TRLA generated controversy in 1996, when its lawyers questioned 800 military rights to vote in Val Verde County elections by absent ballot after a former Ku Klux Klan member won a county commissioner post. Brendan Gill, the former executive director of the Bexar County group, said he has since come to see the merger as a positive move for South Texas. "I always knew there were good points with the merger, just as I knew there were bad points," Gill said. The correct answer to the question "What kind of workers assist TRLA?" Is "Poor of the Poor"? ALTERNATIVE: - no - yes
ja
yes