The Wheels on the Bus….
Pro bono clients, especially those in rural areas, often do not have the means to travel to a more populated city or town to receive legal assistance. Mobile clinics are becoming a popular way to reach out to remote and underserved clients in need of help. More than ten years ago the Winnebago of Justice was created in California, as a revival of the concept of a bookmobile, to be the nation’s first mobile legal self-help clinic. Here are a few examples of innovative models of mobile pro bono assistance: Nixon Peabody*† participated in a pro bono project through the