By Maria Novella De Luca (La Repubblica)
It is the largest law firm in Italy (a thousand “
associates
”, specialists in civil and criminal law), but also the poorest: zero euros in turnover. No wonder when you consider that their customers are at the bottom of the social ladder. They live in utter destitution, to such an extent that they do not even have an address: they are tramps, the homeless, the homeless. The lawyers who come to their aid are called "
street lawyers
" and are members of an association founded in 2001 by Antonio Mumolo, a lawyer specializing in labor law who, during the cold winter nights, had for used to bring food and blankets to the homeless in Bologna on a voluntary basis. "
Knowing my work, many of them asked me legal questions, told me about lost pensions, refused inheritances, children withdrawn for lack of a residence address, bankruptcies
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