Legal assistance to the poor -- United States

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Houseman Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-019
Dates: 1966 - 2016
Found in: National Equal Justice Library
Alfred H. Corbett Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-043
Scope and Contents The Alfred Corbett Papers is arranged in five series. Most of the materials in the first series (Oregon), were collected during Corbett's service as Oregon State Representative and later as State Senator from 1956 until 1965. The second series documents his work with the Office of Economic Opportunity/Legal Services Program (OEO/LSP), and includes reports and evaluations of several Community Action Agencies and planning and budgeting for nation-wide and regional...
Dates: 1965-1977, 1993
Found in: National Equal Justice Library
Allen, Bruce -- Interviewed by Victor Geminiani, 1991 Sep 03
 Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.028
Scope and Contents In this interview, Bruce Allen discusses the establishment and early history of the Legal Aid Society of Sacramento County/Legal Aid Society of Northern California during the 1950s, and the support of the Sacramento County bar Association for the project.Allen recalls ongoing discussions about the types of cases the Society should handle (i.e., if they should handle divorce cases), and whether they should accept federal funding for legal aid. He discusses his involvement with the...
Dates: 1991 Sep 03
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
Antone G. "Gerry" Singsen Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-026
Scope and Contents

This collection largely contains meeting material from various LSC groups: Board of Directors; Committee on Appropriations and Audit, Office of Field Services, Committee on Operations and Regulations, Presidential Search Committees and others. Of note is a draft monitoring report that gives an analysis of the program at Legal Services of North Carolina, Inc., including a response by the LSNC to that report. Miscellaneous articles and manuals are listed under the "Topical" file.

Dates: 1977 - 1994
Found in: National Equal Justice Library
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
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
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
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
Bellow, Gary -- Interview by Zona Hostetler, 1999 Mar 17
 Item
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
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
Bergmark, Martha -- Interview by Harrison McIver, 1992 Jul 28
 Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.014
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1992 Jul 28
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
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
Found in: National Equal Justice Library
Brennan Center for Justice Collection
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-021
Scope and Contents

This collection largely comprises publications and papers but also includes job announcements, newsletters and annual reports.

Dates: 1999 - 2001
Found in: National Equal Justice Library