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Legal assistance to the poor -- Washington (D.C.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Dot

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Blossom Athey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-018
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a reprint from Howard Westwood from the Howard Law Journal; correspondence with Navajo leader Peter MacDonald; a pamphlet from the Navajo Reservation's DNA's People Legal Services (DNA is an anagram for the Navajo phrase that translates to "attorneys who work for the economic revitalization of the people); material from the 1999 Servant of Justice Awards; an OEO memo; and a scan of a photo with Athey, Hillary Clinton and others.

Dates: 1967 - 2000

Elizabeth Kinney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-029
Scope and Contents The primary focus of the collection is Kinney's work in the areas of housing law and reform and legal services to the elderly. Included are publications, memos, court papers, correspondence and other material related to her work with the National Tenants Organization (NTO) and the Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP) in Washington, D.C.; the Cleveland Legal Aid Society; the Ann Arbor Public Tenants Organization; and the Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP) and the National Senior...
Dates: 1965 - 1979

Florence Wagman Roisman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-052
Scope and Contents

This collection mostly comprises material related to cases Roisman worked on while an attorney for D.C. Neighborhood Legal Services (NLSP) and the National Housing Law Project. Also included are a few photographs, memos related to NLSP's annual report and a paper by Roisman on displacement.

Dates: 1967 - 1992

Marna Tucker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-002
Dates: 1968 - 1974