Legal Services Corporation Reauthorization: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on Legal Services Corporation Reauthorization, September 21, 27, 1979 |
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... projects and other places where eligible clients live or congregate . Other programs utilize the judicare approach , a panel of private attorneys providing the service on a reduced fee basis . Still others utilize a combination of ...
... projects and other places where eligible clients live or congregate . Other programs utilize the judicare approach , a panel of private attorneys providing the service on a reduced fee basis . Still others utilize a combination of ...
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... Project . This effort involves 32 individual projects around the country that are using innovative approaches to improve the delivery of legal services to the poor in areas from improved professional development and client involvement ...
... Project . This effort involves 32 individual projects around the country that are using innovative approaches to improve the delivery of legal services to the poor in areas from improved professional development and client involvement ...
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... through their participation on local program boards . They make up 60 % of the membership of these boards and provide essential direction to local program operations . In addition , the 38 demonstration projects funded pursuant to 46.
... through their participation on local program boards . They make up 60 % of the membership of these boards and provide essential direction to local program operations . In addition , the 38 demonstration projects funded pursuant to 46.
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... projects funded pursuant to our Delivery Systems Study relied primarily on the efforts of private attorneys participating in judicare panels , prenaid insurance schemes , and pro bono programs . Our Quality Improvement Project similarly ...
... projects funded pursuant to our Delivery Systems Study relied primarily on the efforts of private attorneys participating in judicare panels , prenaid insurance schemes , and pro bono programs . Our Quality Improvement Project similarly ...
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... intended beneficiaries but , despite this fact , it soon became clear that the indepen- dence of the local projects was not enough : the federal agency administering the program itself needed protection from par- tisan political 118.
... intended beneficiaries but , despite this fact , it soon became clear that the indepen- dence of the local projects was not enough : the federal agency administering the program itself needed protection from par- tisan political 118.
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activities Administration on Aging Agencies on Aging aliens amendment American Bar Association appropriate Area Agencies authorization bill Board of Directors bono Bradley budget Chairman civil legal assistance client community Committee Congressional Corporation's cost council counsel court CRLA DANIELSON efforts elderly eligible clients established estimate Federal fees field programs figures fiscal year 1981 governing grants GUDGER House ices Corporation immigration issue justice KASTENMEIER KLAUS lawyers Legal Aid Legal Aid Society legal needs legal problems legal services attorneys Legal Services Corporation legal services programs litigation low income million minimum access Native American number of legal Office Older Americans Act paralegals percent poor persons poverty President priorities private attorneys private bar projects reauthorization recipient regulations represent representation request restrictions Robert Kastenmeier Robert W salaries Senate served Services Corporation Act Shump staff attorney subcommittee survey tion Title III funded Washington
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Page 417 - To influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States.
Page 206 - Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed In italic] A BILL To...
Page 199 - The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by independent certified public accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the United States.
Page 194 - Corporation or a recipient's plaintiff, the court may, upon motion by the defendant and upon a finding by the court that the action was commenced or pursued for the sole purpose of harassment of the defendant or that the Corporation or a recipient's plaintiff maliciously abused legal process, enter an order (which shall be appealable before being made final) awarding reasonable costs and legal fees incurred by the defendant in defense of the action, except when in contravention of a State law, a...
Page 219 - Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is •enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman...
Page 196 - ... with (1) any partisan or nonpartisan political activity or any other political activity associated with a candidate, or contending faction or group, in an election for public or party office, (2) any activity to provide voters or prospective voters with transportation to the polls or similar assistance in connection with any such election, or (3) any voter registration activity.
Page 194 - ... (5) No class action suit, class action appeal, or amicus curiae class action may be undertaken, directly or through others, by a staff attorney, except with the express approval of a project director of a recipient in accordance with policies established by the governing body of such recipient.
Page 218 - Washington, DC DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Pursuant to Section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget Office has prepared the attached cost estimate for HR 2867, the Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act of 1983.
Page 191 - No member of the Board may participate in any decision, action, or recommendation with respect to any matter which directly benefits such member or pertains specifically to any firm or organization with which such member is then associated or has been associated within a period of two years. For the purposes of this paragraph, (1) a member of the Board shall be deemed "associated...
Page 225 - The basic responsibility for providing legal services for those unable to pay ultimately rests upon the individual lawyer, and personal involvement in the problems of the disadvantaged can be one of the most rewarding experiences in the life of a lawyer.