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Jim Harbaugh speaks in D.C. on behalf of legal aid for underprivileged

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh wants to make a difference in the world, beyond sports.

That’s why he was on Capitol Hill today in Washington, D.C., in the Senate Building as the Legal Services Corporation presented its new report about “The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low-Income Americans.”

In his prepared remarks at the hearing presenting the LSC report, Harbaugh placed the study in his own terms, identifying how difficult it is for low-income individuals to get proper legal representation.

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“It’s about being on a team, a football team, also I think of our country as a team that we’re all on,” he said, shown on the LSC's live stream.