Legal assistance to the poor -- United States

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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
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