Legal assistance to the poor -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Henry A. Freedman Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-014
Scope and Contents This collection consists of Legal Services Corporation (LSC) materials covering such matters as litigation with LSC as defendant, back-up centers, and legislation. Other materials relate to Action for Legal Rights and other legal organizations such as NLADA and Poverty Lawyers for Effective Advocacy. Forms of material include memos, news clippings, journal articles, reports and brochures.The Henry A. Freedman papers are organized into two series: Legal Services Corporation materials and...
Dates: 1967 - 2000
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Henry A. Freedman Papers
Hulett "Bucky" Askew Collection
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-031
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises articles, background papers, memoranda, etc. related to Askew's work with the LSC. Also included is the decision of the U.S. Court Of Appeals D.C. Circuit, in National Senior Citizens Law Center v. Legal Services Corporation. The photographs contained in the collection include stills taken from the film Day of Justice, ca. 1977 and various legal services gatherings between 1983 and 1988.

Dates: 1975 - 1993
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Hulett "Bucky" Askew Collection
Jacob, Bruce -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1993 Jul 09
 Item
Identifier: NEJL-009.050
Scope and Contents

Bruce Jacob argued the case of Gideon v. Wainwright on behalf of the State of Florida as a young Assistant Attorney General. In this oral history interview, Jacob recalls his extensive preparation for the case.

Dates: 1993 Jul 09
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / NEJL-009, National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
John Cummiskey Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-001
Scope and Contents This collection largely comprises John W. Cummiskey’s files related to his activities with the Legal Services Program of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Materials include correspondence, articles, reports and writings. The bulk of the collection is correspondence related to various issues involving legal services at the OEO. Much of the correspondence is grouped together in folders with multiple correspondents and other material (usually included as enclosures) that relate to a...
Dates: 1957 - 1980
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / John Cummiskey Papers
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
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / NEJL-009, National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
Kent Morrison Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-004
Scope and Contents

The Legal Services Program file contains materials related to Morrison's work during his tenure from 1972 to 1973 as Acting Chief of the Evaluation Division of the Office of Economic Opportunity’s Legal Services Program, and Special Assistant to the Director of that office.

The second series contains materials related to Morrison's tenure as Executive Director of El Paso Legal Assistance Society from 1971-1972.

Dates: 1964 - 1975
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Kent Morrison Papers
Krash, Abe -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1993 Mar 17
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Identifier: NEJL-009.047
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Krash recalls Fortas’ defense strategy, and reflected about the impact of the case as one of the landmark cases of constitutional law in the last fifty years. At the same time, he emphasized that “all of the hopes that we had have not been fulfilled.”

Dates: 1993 Mar 17
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / NEJL-009, National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
Legal Services Corporation Records
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-012
Abstract The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the organizational successor of the OEO-Legal Services Program. The idea of creating an independent legal services entity was initially proposed in 1971 by an ABA study committee, headed by Jerome Shestack, as well as the President’s Advisory Council on Executive Reorganization (Ash Council). The LSC was then established by the United States Congress in 1974 as a private, non-profit corporation promoting equal access to justice (P.L. 93-355). The LSC,...
Dates: 1975 - 2014
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Legal Services Corporation Records
Lewis, Anthony -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1993 Mar 18
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Identifier: NEJL-009.049
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Lewis recalls how he became involved in Gideon v. Wainwright after seeing Gideon’s petition in the Supreme Court file room on June 4th, 1962, the day the Court agreed to hear the case.

He also recalls his impressions after meeting with Clarence Gideon in the prison library of the Raiford Penitentiary.

Dates: 1993 Mar 18
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / NEJL-009, National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings
Lyons, Clinton "Clint" -- Interview by Victor Geminiani, 1991 Jul 23
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Identifier: NEJL-009.017
Scope and Contents Topics include: legal services in New Jersey, Reginald Heber Smith program, legal services in Atlanta, initial opposition of Georgia Bar against legal services, responsibilities of the Office of Field Services of the LSC, including supervision of regional offices, delivery systems study (DSS), demonstration projects, relationship between various divisions at the LSC, transition from Carter administration to Reagan, ABC committee (Alan Houseman, Bea Moulton and Clint Lyons), Dan Bradley’s...
Dates: 1991 Jul 23
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / NEJL-009, National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection / Oral History Recordings