Legal Services Corporation

Organization

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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 26 Collections and/or Records:

Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program Collection

Collection

Identifier: NEJL-049

Scope and Contents

The collection is arranged into five series: 1) background information on the Reginald Heber Smith Community Fellows Program, 1967-1985; 2) original rosters and current information of Reggies by class year; 3) current information about former Reggies, arranged alphabetically; 4) planning materials related to the Thirtieth Anniversary Reunion of Reggies; and 5) Reunion program materials and documentation (includes audio-visual materials, stored separately). A finding aid exists.

Dates: 1967 - 1998

Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program Collection

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 / Richard Wilson Papers

Robert J. Rhudy Papers

Collection

Identifier: NEJL-013

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises articles, reports, and other materials related to legal services. A significant portion of the papers cover the issues surrounding the passage of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974.

Dates: 1971 - 2002

Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Robert J. Rhudy Papers

Roger Cramton and Glenn Stophel, ca. 1978

Item — Box NEJL-065.01, item: 06

Identifier: NEJL-065.06

Contents

Photograph (date unknown) taken at a board meeting of the Legal Services Corporation.

Dates: ca. 1978

Found in: National Equal Justice Library / NEJL-065, NEJL photograph collection / NEJL General Photographs

Roger Cramton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Cecilia Esquer, ca. 1978

Item — Box NEJL-065.01, item: 04

Identifier: NEJL-065.04

Contents

Photograph taken at a board meeting of the Legal Services Corporation.

Dates: ca. 1978

Found in: National Equal Justice Library / NEJL-065, NEJL photograph collection / NEJL General Photographs

William Reece Smith Papers

Collection

Identifier: NEJL-017

Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection includes speeches given at bar association events and award ceremonies. Also included are articles, reports and a transcript of a press conference given in support of the Legal Services Corporation.

Dates: 1974 - 1993

Found in: National Equal Justice Library / William Reece Smith Papers

Georgetown Law Library Special Collections

Legal Services Corporation

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