A Lawsuit in Ecuador

Fajardo, a correspondence school lawyer, took the lead role in the case after only one year of practice.
Ivan Kashinsky / Aurora

Public Defender
One of the lawyers representing the 30,000 indigenous people who are the plaintiffs in the case is Pablo Fajardo, who studie law via correspondence school, and took the lead role in the case after only one year of practice.

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