Office of Economic Opportunity. Legal Services Program
Organization
Found in 10 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
Bamberger, Clinton "Clint" -- Interview by Christopher Brown, 2002 Jun 04
Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.053
Scope and Contents
Clint Bamberger discusses his early career; his involvement in Brady v. Maryland and the impact of the case; his recruitment to the OEO by Howard Westwood; his unsuccessful campaign for Maryland Attorney General; his teaching career; his work as the Executive VP of the Legal Services Corporation; his departure for the LSI; and the Reggie program.He also discusses major challenges for legal services throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including the CRLA controversy and the reduction...
Dates:
2002 Jun 04
Cahn, Edgar -- Interview by Alan Houseman, 2002 Jul 03
Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.056
Scope and Contents
In this interview, Edgar Cahn recalls how he met his future wife, Jean Camper, at Swarthmore, how he followed her into law school after getting his PhD in English, and how the couple became involved with legal services in New Haven. He describes how they came to write their landmark article: “War on Poverty: A Civilian Perspective” (1964), the beginnings of the OEO legal services program, and his work with Sargent Shriver (he worked as special counsel to Sargent Shriver until...
Dates:
2002 Jul 03
Clinton Bamberger Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-033
Scope and Contents
The papers of E. Clinton Bamberger Jr. document Bamberger's career as a legal services administrator, educator, and advocate. The collection, to some extent, also documents the history of legal services in the United States from the mid 1960's through the mid 1990's. And while some items such as articles and neighborhood law office handbooks and manuals pre-date the mid-1960's, the collection essentially begins with Bamberger's arrival on the scene as the first Director of the Legal...
Dates:
ca. 1960-ca. 1990
Earl Johnson Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-015
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three series: Interviews, NEJL historical materials, and Access to Justice materials. The interview collection consists of forty-nine interviews conducted by Johnson as part of his research for the book Justice And Reform: The Formative Years of the American Legal Services Program, first published in 1974 by the Russell Sage Foundation. Justice and Reform is the only comprehensive survey of the history of the Legal Services Program (LSP) within the...
Dates:
1964 - 1974
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
Hulett "Bucky" Askew Collection
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-031
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises articles, background papers, memoranda, etc. related to Askew's work with the LSC. Also included is the decision of the U.S. Court Of Appeals D.C. Circuit, in National Senior Citizens Law Center v. Legal Services Corporation. The photographs contained in the collection include stills taken from the film Day of Justice, ca. 1977 and various legal services gatherings between 1983 and 1988.
Dates:
1975 - 1993
John Cummiskey Papers
Collection
Identifier: NEJL-001
Scope and Contents
This collection largely comprises John W. Cummiskey’s files related to his activities with the Legal Services Program of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Materials include correspondence, articles, reports and writings. The bulk of the collection is correspondence related to various issues involving legal services at the OEO. Much of the correspondence is grouped together in folders with multiple correspondents and other material (usually included as enclosures) that relate to a...
Dates:
1957 - 1980
Found in:
National Equal Justice Library
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John Cummiskey Papers
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