National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Henry A. Freedman Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-014
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Legal Services Corporation (LSC) materials covering such matters as litigation with LSC as defendant, back-up centers, and legislation. Other materials relate to Action for Legal Rights and other legal organizations such as NLADA and Poverty Lawyers for Effective Advocacy. Forms of material include memos, news clippings, journal articles, reports and brochures.The Henry A. Freedman papers are organized into two series: Legal Services Corporation materials and...
Dates:
1967 - 2000
Kent Morrison Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-004
Scope and Contents
The Legal Services Program file contains materials related to Morrison's work during his tenure from 1972 to 1973 as Acting Chief of the Evaluation Division of the Office of Economic Opportunity’s Legal Services Program, and Special Assistant to the Director of that office.
The second series contains materials related to Morrison's tenure as Executive Director of El Paso Legal Assistance Society from 1971-1972.
Dates:
1964 - 1975
Found in:
National Equal Justice Library
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Kent Morrison Papers
National Legal Aid and Defender Association Records
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-023
Scope and Contents
Scope and content note: The NLADA collection came to the NEJL in several accessions and covers the time period from about 1975 until 2005. Most of the processed materials document the work of the Legal Services Corporation, and cooperation between the LSC and the NLADA, as well as the development of regional legal services organizations arranged by state. Additional accessions, which cover the organizational history of the NLADA, and the work of the civil and defender divisions, are...
Dates:
1975 - 2000
Project Advisory Group Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-050
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises issues of PAG Update including accompanying mailings; materials covering PAG's 25th and 30th anniversaries, including letters of congratulations from many legal services organizations and individuals; and issues of NLADA Update.
Dates:
1981 - 2002
Richard Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-003
Scope and Contents
The collection includes predominantly materials documenting Richard Wilson's work as the director of the Defender Division at the NLADA from 1980-1985, including a variety of reports evaluating local, regional and federal defender systems in the United States. It also includes conference papers, testomonies, and documentation related to two court cases related to the right to effective counsel in criminal proceedings: United States v. Harrison P. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984), and James...
Dates:
1973 - 1992
Found in:
National Equal Justice Library
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Richard Wilson Papers