Legal Services Corporation
Historical Note
From Wikipedia:
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a publicly funded, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress. It seeks to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing funding for civil legal aid to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it. The LSC was created in 1974 with bipartisan congressional sponsorship and the support of the Nixon administration, and is funded through the congressional appropriations process.
LSC has a board of eleven directors, appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate, that set LSC policy. By law the board is bipartisan; no more than six members can come from the same party. LSC has a president and other officers who implement those policies and oversee the corporation's operations.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Askew, Hulett "Bucky" -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1991 Jul 22
Bamberger, Clinton "Clint" -- Interview by Christopher Brown, 2002 Jun 04
Bergmark, Martha -- Interview by Harrison McIver, 1992 Jul 28
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.
Clinton, Hillary Rodham -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1991 Jul 21
Lyons, Clinton "Clint" -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1991 Jul 23
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Legal services -- United States 3
- Law -- Study and teaching -- United States 2
- Legal aid -- Clinical education 2
- Oral history -- United States 2
- Poverty 2
- Brady v. Maryland 1
- Indigent defense -- United States 1
- Legal aid -- International 1
- Legal aid -- South Africa 1
- Legal assistance to the poor -- Connecticut -- New Haven 1
- Legal assistance to the poor -- Georgia 1
- Legal assistance to the poor -- New Jersey 1
- Legal assistance to the poor-Mississippi 1
- War on Poverty 1 + ∧ less