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18th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture, Eric H. Holder Jr. Mar 2011

18th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture, Eric H. Holder Jr.

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comments: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Barbara Arnwine, Jo-Ann Wallace Mar 2007

Comments: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Barbara Arnwine, Jo-Ann Wallace

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comments: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Edgar Cahn, Florence Wagman Roisman Mar 2007

Comments: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Edgar Cahn, Florence Wagman Roisman

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Keynote Address: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Tom Perez Mar 2007

Keynote Address: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Tom Perez

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Love You Madly: The Life And Times Of The Neighborhood Legal Services Program Of Washington, D.C., Brian Gilmore Mar 2007

Love You Madly: The Life And Times Of The Neighborhood Legal Services Program Of Washington, D.C., Brian Gilmore

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

This article is a brief historical examination of the origins of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program and an analysis of the work of the program as a federally-funded legal services program for forty years. Part I of this article examines the history of the program in the early years and the birth of the "neighborhood" concept in legal services. Part II analyzes the key precedent-setting housing cases the program litigated in the 1960's and 1970's. Part III addresses the criticisms of the program and reviews legal services in general. For instance, almost immediately from its inception, the idea of neighborhood-based …


Comments: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Emma Coleman Jordan Mar 2007

Comments: Symposium On Strategies To End Poverty And Inequality, Emma Coleman Jordan

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Independent Paralegals Can Fill The Gap In Unmet Legal Services For The Low-Income Community, Thais E. Mootz Sep 2000

Independent Paralegals Can Fill The Gap In Unmet Legal Services For The Low-Income Community, Thais E. Mootz

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Services Attorneys As Partners In Community Economic Development: Creating Wealth For Poor Communities Through Cooperative Economics, Laurie A. Morin Sep 2000

Legal Services Attorneys As Partners In Community Economic Development: Creating Wealth For Poor Communities Through Cooperative Economics, Laurie A. Morin

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mapping A Labyrinth To Justice: Lessons And Insights From Innovative Legal Services Delivery Methodologies Implemented In The District Of Columbia, Jan A, May Sep 2000

Mapping A Labyrinth To Justice: Lessons And Insights From Innovative Legal Services Delivery Methodologies Implemented In The District Of Columbia, Jan A, May

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Needs For The Low-Income Population In Washington, Dc, Lynn E. Cunningham Sep 2000

Legal Needs For The Low-Income Population In Washington, Dc, Lynn E. Cunningham

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Dc Consortium Of Legal Service Providers: Legal Services 2000 Symposium. April 30, 1999. Remarks Of Peter Edelman, Zona Hostetler, And Ada Shen-Jaffe, Peter Edelman, Zona Hostetler, Ada Shen-Jaffe Sep 2000

Dc Consortium Of Legal Service Providers: Legal Services 2000 Symposium. April 30, 1999. Remarks Of Peter Edelman, Zona Hostetler, And Ada Shen-Jaffe, Peter Edelman, Zona Hostetler, Ada Shen-Jaffe

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Co-Producing Justice: The New Imperative, Edgar S. Cahn Sep 2000

Co-Producing Justice: The New Imperative, Edgar S. Cahn

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Tragic View Of Poverty Law Practice, Paul R. Tremblay Mar 1992

A Tragic View Of Poverty Law Practice, Paul R. Tremblay

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Poverty lawyers, we are told, can do as much harm as good for their clients. This humbling theme has been a fixture in the literature and research surrounding the role of lawyers for the poor for some time. The theme captures several deep truths about poverty law. It reminds us that lawyers for the poor can, and do, exclude their clients in the work that they do, view the lives of clients through the distorted prism of law training and law practice, and tend to expend their energies on remedies and processes, largely litigation oriented, which are unlikely to lead …


An Integrated Jurisprudence And Its Influence In Fighting Poverty, Kevin L. O'Shea Mar 1992

An Integrated Jurisprudence And Its Influence In Fighting Poverty, Kevin L. O'Shea

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


No Easy Walk To Freedom, Stephen T. Maher Mar 1992

No Easy Walk To Freedom, Stephen T. Maher

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The War On Poverty: A Civilian Perspective, Edgar S. Cahn, Jean C. Cahn Mar 1992

The War On Poverty: A Civilian Perspective, Edgar S. Cahn, Jean C. Cahn

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

This article does two things: it articulates a vision and it lays out a specific blueprint. The core of the vision regards legal representation as "a form of enfranchisement, as an attempt to institutionalize the functions of dissent and criticism, and as a means of revitalizing the democratic process." This explains why the article triggered a movement that was perceived as going beyond the orthodox delivery of legal aid. While others legislate or purport to breath life into the democratic process, lawyers, in their unique role as advocates, discharge a constitutionally protected role. And in light of the retaliation to …


Victimization, The Poor, And Payne V. Tennessee, Richard Bender Abell Mar 1992

Victimization, The Poor, And Payne V. Tennessee, Richard Bender Abell

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond The New Property: The Right To Become And Remain Productive, Edgar S. Cahn Mar 1992

Beyond The New Property: The Right To Become And Remain Productive, Edgar S. Cahn

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

The sixties and seventies saw the creation of new rights and the expansion of old ones in response to discrimination, disenfranchisement, and poverty. The new rights were both participatory rights' and substantive rights.2 They effected a redistribution of wealth and power. Essentially, they were rights to consume and rights to share. We called these rights "The New Property."3 As we moved from an era of sustained growth and surplus to budget deficits and trade deficits, we have been less willing to address social problems by expansion of those rights. Political and judicial receptivity to further redistribution diminished sharply.' Litigation seeking …