National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Askew, Hulett "Bucky" -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1991 Jul 22
Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.012
Scope and Contents
In the interview, Hulett “Bucky” Askew recalls how he first got involved with legal services during law school at Emory in Atlanta, Georgia, when he worked in the Atlanta Legal Aid Office as part of his requirements for graduation. He discusses how he went to Washington, DC, to work for the OEO Legal Services Program in early 1969 as the Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Health Affairs, which he called the “most formative and critical experience” of his life. He became...
Dates:
1991 Jul 22
Bergmark, Martha -- Interview by Harrison McIver, 1992 Jul 28
Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.014
Scope and Contents
The interview discusses the beginnings of Martha Bergmark's career in legal services, the situation of legal services in Mississippi during the 1960s and 1970s, opposition of the private bar against legal services, expansion of legal services in the late 1970s, effects of the Reagan cutbacks. Also discussed are Shaw .v Mississippi; The McComb Amendment; Ayres v. Fortise, Brown v. Board of Education; Governor’s veto of OEO grant fund; municipal equalization; and IOLTA funds.
Dates:
1992 Jul 28
Lyons, Clinton "Clint" -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1991 Jul 23
Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.017
Scope and Contents
Topics include: legal services in New Jersey, Reginald Heber Smith program, legal services in Atlanta, initial opposition of Georgia Bar against legal services, responsibilities of the Office of Field Services of the LSC, including supervision of regional offices, delivery systems study (DSS), demonstration projects, relationship between various divisions at the LSC, transition from Carter administration to Reagan, ABC committee (Alan Houseman, Bea Moulton and Clint Lyons), Dan Bradley’s...
Dates:
1991 Jul 23