War on Poverty
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bamberger, Clinton "Clint" -- Interview by Christopher Brown, 2002 Jun 04
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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
Bellow, Gary -- Interview by Zona Hostetler, 1999 Mar 17
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Identifier: NEJL-009.052
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Professor Gary Bellow, professor at the Harvard Law School. The interview was conducted on the campus of the Harvard Law School on March 17, 1999, by Zona Hostetler ZONA HOSTETLER from Washington, D.C., and I will be conducting the interview.
Dates:
1999 Mar 17
Cahn, Edgar -- Interview by Alan Houseman, 2002 Jul 03
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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
Johnson, Earl, Jr.-- Interview by Alan Houseman, 2002 Nov 02
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Identifier: NEJL-009.070
Abstract
Justice Earl Johnson Jr. recounts his legal education, his studies for an L.L.M. in criminal law with Gary Bellow at Northwestern University; his move to Washington, D.C. in 1961, his work for the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, how in 1964 he came to work as Deputy Director under Julian Dugas for Neighborhood Legal Services in Washington, D.C., the rapid expansion of the NLSP program with one of the early OEO grants, his position as deputy...
Dates:
2002 Nov 02