Women and Justice for the Poor

Women and Justice for the Poor
Author: Felice Batlan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107084539

This book re-examines fundamental assumptions about the American legal profession and the boundaries between "professional" lawyers, "lay" lawyers, and social workers. Putting legal history and women's history in dialogue, it details the history of the origins and development of free legal aid for the poor in the United States.

Legal Aid for the Poor and the Legal Services Corporation

Legal Aid for the Poor and the Legal Services Corporation
Author: Carl T. Donovan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Legal assistance to the poor
ISBN: 9781616689391

At a time when poor Americans are struggling to keep their jobs, homes and basic necessities for their families, it is crucial for the federal government to address the civil legal needs of these vulnerable people as a national priority. The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a private, non-profit, federally funded corporation that helps provide legal assistance to low-income people in non-criminal (i.e., civil) matters. The primary responsibility of the LSC is to manage and oversee the congressionally appropriated federal funds that it distributes in the form of grants to local legal service providers, which in turn give legal assistance to low-income clients in all 50 states. This book explores the Legal Services Corporation, its background and funding, and addresses government accountability and weaknesses of the program.

Legal Aid for the Poor

Legal Aid for the Poor
Author: Johannes Rehmke
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019511350

A practical guide to providing legal assistance to those in need, written by Benjamin Fossett Lock and Johannes Rehmke. Originally published in the early 20th century, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the legal system and offers advice on how to navigate it successfully while representing low-income clients. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Poor Seek Justice

The Poor Seek Justice
Author: Legal Services Program (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1967
Genre: Legal assistance to the poor
ISBN:

Justice for All

Justice for All
Author: Jim Newton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2007-10-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781594482700

One of the most acclaimed and best political biographies of its time, Justice for All is a monumental work dedicated to a complicated and principled figure that will become a seminal work of twentieth-century U.S. history. In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren, the politician-turned-Chief Justice who refashioned the place of the court in American life through landmark Supreme Court cases whose names have entered the common parlance -- Brown v. Board of Education, Griswold v. Connecticut, Miranda v. Arizona, to name just a few. Drawing on unmatched access to government, academic, and private documents pertaining to Warren's life and career, Newton explores a fascinating angle of U.S. Supreme Court history while illuminating both the public and the private Warren.