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legal services  

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  • Human services workers help transform human rights (as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and by the Constitution) into civil rights, protected and enforced by law. Human services workers help define such rights through litigation, legislation, and daily practice, ensuring their application through agencies, communities, schools, or workplaces. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity; Legal Services]

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