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In this article, the author reflects on the importance of the HELP Legal Assistance for providing legal services to the poor. Topics discussed include the need of legal aid to the poor people for easy access to justice, judicial opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court on the lawsuit Plessy v. Ferguson, and the role of the lawyers and other legal professionals in providing legal assistance to poor.

In this article, the author discusses the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court case Padilla v. Kentucky on practice in the U.S. district courts. He mentions that the court's decision in this case reminds that the plea process and its implications should never be dismissed. He suggests that the courts should always consider the consequences that might result from a defendant's plea of guilty.