Los Angeles County Superior Court
GLENDALE — Things might have turned out differently for Carolina V. Lugo if as a kid she never met a law student who spoke Spanish.
Her father died of a heart attack at the age of 33, leaving a 7-year-old Lugo as the only English-speaking member of her family.
She remembers visiting the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles with her mother to sort out her family’s legal affairs. A young la... (continued)