Legal assistance to the poor-Mississippi
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
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