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John G. Brooks, championed legal services for the poor; at 98

By Bryan Marquard

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 22, 2012

John G. Brooks helped shape the course of legal aid for the indigent in Boston and nationally, serving as a leader of Greater Boston Legal Services, the National Consumer Law Center in Boston, and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association. “There are really few people in history who have left such a deep and wide mark on legal services for the poor,’’ said Willard Ogburn, executive director of National Consumer Law Center.

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