Legal Services Corporation, General Oversight: Hearing 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 ... March 15, 1979 |
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... lawyers per 10,000 poor people nationwide . When the Corporation began operation in 1975 , less than 6 percent ( 1.7 million ) of the nation's poor people lived in areas served by legal services programs funded at the level . At the end ...
... lawyers per 10,000 poor people nationwide . When the Corporation began operation in 1975 , less than 6 percent ( 1.7 million ) of the nation's poor people lived in areas served by legal services programs funded at the level . At the end ...
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... lawyers and paralegals . Early in their careers , these young staff members usually find themselves with direct responsibility for matters having serious consequences for their client's lives . Representing clients effectively often ...
... lawyers and paralegals . Early in their careers , these young staff members usually find themselves with direct responsibility for matters having serious consequences for their client's lives . Representing clients effectively often ...
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... lawyers , and a com- parative analysis of their efforts with 60 staff attorney projects , is the largest of our private lawyer undertakings . We reported to Congress on our initial findings from the study and will report again at the ...
... lawyers , and a com- parative analysis of their efforts with 60 staff attorney projects , is the largest of our private lawyer undertakings . We reported to Congress on our initial findings from the study and will report again at the ...
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... lawyers providing their time and talents pro bono publico for legal services to the poor . The delivery systems study has already revealed that this is one of the most valuable ways to gain additional help for legal services . Över the ...
... lawyers providing their time and talents pro bono publico for legal services to the poor . The delivery systems study has already revealed that this is one of the most valuable ways to gain additional help for legal services . Över the ...
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... lawyer and para- legal training efforts and are providing training to as many client members of local boards of directors of projects as possible . We have also developed a training program in fundamental criteria for financial ...
... lawyer and para- legal training efforts and are providing training to as many client members of local boards of directors of projects as possible . We have also developed a training program in fundamental criteria for financial ...
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21st Judicial District 615 Peachtree Street activities administrative Area Community Action Atlanta Regional Office ATTORNEY AT LAW Bar Association BOARD OF DIRECTORS Civic Center civil legal assistance CONGRESS THE LIBRARY CORPORATION Atlanta Regional Corporation's DANIELSON employees estimates expansion Federal Feduccia FELICIANA fiscal Florida Parishes Georgia groups Hammond Holiday Inn insure January January 18 KASTENMEIER Lake Charles lawyers Legal Aid Society legal need legal problems Legal Services Corporation legal services programs LIBRARY OF CONGRESS litigation Louisiana MAZZOLI minimum access monitoring non-LSC number of legal Office 615 Peachtree Orleans P. O. Box percent personnel Plaquemine poor persons President priorities private attorneys private bar procedures provide legal assistance PUBLIC MEETINGS Quad Area Community recipient Regional Office 615 request Ruston Services Corporation Act SERVICES CORPORATION Atlanta sources Subcommittee survey Tammany Tammany Parish Tangipahoa TENSAS Parish Thomas Ehrlich tion Washington WASHINGTON Parishes WEBSTER Parishes
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Page 55 - 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 48 - Act, or of any title thereof, any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise...
Page 52 - ... 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 50 - ... (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 57 - Act be denied, unless the recipient has been given reasonable notice and opportunity to show cause why such action should not be taken...
Page 47 - 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 70 - high quality legal assistance to those who would otherwise be unable to afford adequate legal counsel.
Page 56 - Office in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions and under such rules and regulations as may 'be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States.
Page 51 - To influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States.
Page 49 - State, or local agency, or to undertake to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States...