The Future of the Legal Services Corporation: Hearing Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on a Wide Variety of Views on the Legal Services Corporation and to Try to Determine Whether Or Not to Reauthorize Funding for Legal Services, Reform the Organization, Block Grant the Money to States, Or Eliminate Federal Involvement in Providing Legal Services to the Poor, June 23, 1995, Volume 4Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. |
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... benefit on statu- tory grounds , child custody , etc , spousal abuse - the initial types of cases which justify the birth of Legal Services in the first place . And then we go on to restrict , that these types of cases shall not include ...
... benefit on statu- tory grounds , child custody , etc , spousal abuse - the initial types of cases which justify the birth of Legal Services in the first place . And then we go on to restrict , that these types of cases shall not include ...
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... benefit of the poor . The Legal Services Administration Act practically gave these Centers carte blanche authority to pursue their social agendas . ACCOUNTABLE Requires Local Boards to Set and Enforce Priorities ( Section 10 ) —Our bill ...
... benefit of the poor . The Legal Services Administration Act practically gave these Centers carte blanche authority to pursue their social agendas . ACCOUNTABLE Requires Local Boards to Set and Enforce Priorities ( Section 10 ) —Our bill ...
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... These regional re- source centers have proven to be a bed of controversy where research , training and technical assistance have been used to promote a particular agenda , not necessarily to the benefit of the poor . The Legal Services 14.
... These regional re- source centers have proven to be a bed of controversy where research , training and technical assistance have been used to promote a particular agenda , not necessarily to the benefit of the poor . The Legal Services 14.
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... benefit of the poor . The Legal Services Administration Act practically gave these Centers carte blanche authority to pursue their social agendas . Prohibition in Certain Welfare Reform Cases ( Section 21 ) -This section would pro ...
... benefit of the poor . The Legal Services Administration Act practically gave these Centers carte blanche authority to pursue their social agendas . Prohibition in Certain Welfare Reform Cases ( Section 21 ) -This section would pro ...
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... benefit , appeal of denial of a statutory benefit , and so forth , then we are making sure that he is going to have legal representation . But we lift from that the burden to the farmer , to the agriculturalist , as was referred to by ...
... benefit , appeal of denial of a statutory benefit , and so forth , then we are making sure that he is going to have legal representation . But we lift from that the burden to the farmer , to the agriculturalist , as was referred to by ...
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Page 91 - Slow Pay' bill. If we can be of any further assistance to you or your Committee, please do not hesitate to call upon us. Sincerely, • ,ia» ¿ t* STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL AUDIO-VISUAL ASSOCIATION by KENTON PATTI E SENIOR STAFF VICE PRESIDENT RE: S.
Page 18 - ... to rely upon legal services for funding, training and support, and overwhelmed with ongoing cases, would find it impossible to take on new cases that in the past would have been handled by legal services programs. The courts would be faced with large numbers of individuals forced to proceed pro st.
Page 6 - Fee-generating case" means any case or matter which, if undertaken on behalf of an eligible client by an attorney in private practice, reasonably may be expected to result in a fee for legal services from an award to a client, from public funds, or from the opposing party.