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Seeking Jailhouse Lawyers?
National Association of Legal Assistances (sic) Certified Paralegal. Graduate of Southern Career Institute, seeks other S.C.I. graduates, and incarcerated paralegals, and everyone interested in prisoners' rights, prison reform, and civil rights to join me in establishing a monthly newsletter, and a network of paralegals for the exchanging of legal knowledge, case law, and the edification of our profession. Write to:
Gerald J. Mose #555 499
P.O. Box 4500
Tennessee Colony, TX 75886-4500
Gerald J. Mose #555 499
P.O. Box 4500
Tennessee Colony, TX 75886-4500
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- Seeking Jailhouse Lawyers?, by Gerald Mose
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