Legal assistance to the poor -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Marna Tucker Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-002
Dates: 1968 - 1974
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Marna Tucker Papers
Nancy Albert-Goldberg Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-028
Dates: 1975 - 1982
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Nancy Albert-Goldberg Papers
National Association for Public Interest Law Fellowship Program Collection
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-016
Scope and Contents

This collection includes application materials, newsletters and other material related to NAPIL's fellowship program.

Dates: 1992 - 2002
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Association for Public Interest Law Fellowship Program Collection
National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-009
Scope and Contents

The NEJl oral history collection is divided into two series: oral history project administrative files, and oral history recordings. The oral history recordings include currently 109 oral history interviews, about two thirds of which have been transcribed.

Dates: 1990 - 2005
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Equal Justice Library Oral History Project Collection
National Legal Aid and Defender Association Records
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-023
Scope and Contents Scope and content note: The NLADA collection came to the NEJL in several accessions and covers the time period from about 1975 until 2005. Most of the processed materials document the work of the Legal Services Corporation, and cooperation between the LSC and the NLADA, as well as the development of regional legal services organizations arranged by state. Additional accessions, which cover the organizational history of the NLADA, and the work of the civil and defender divisions, are...
Dates: 1975 - 2000
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / National Legal Aid and Defender Association Records
New York Legal Aid Society Papers
 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: NEJL-024
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials from the New York Legal Aid Society related to the Legal Services Corporation. The records range from 1976-the late 1990s. It includes extensive documentation on the collobarative effort in NY State to support the re-authorization of the LSC in the early 1980s.

Dates: 2000
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / New York Legal Aid Society Papers
Project Advisory Group Papers
 Collection
Identifier: NEJL-050
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises issues of PAG Update including accompanying mailings; materials covering PAG's 25th and 30th anniversaries, including letters of congratulations from many legal services organizations and individuals; and issues of NLADA Update.

Dates: 1981 - 2002
Found in: National Equal Justice Library / Project Advisory Group Papers
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