10:15-10:30 a.m.: Coffee Break. 10:30-10:45 a.m.: "How To Get Started," John W. Yager. 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Discussion. 11:30-11:45 a.m.: Role of an OEO Legal Consultant, Henry McGee. 11:45-12:15 p.m.: Discussion. 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Luncheon-Bert H. Early, Executive Director, presiding; John W. Cummiskey, speaker, Responsibility of the Bar. 1:45-1:55 p.m.: "Cooperation Among Community Agencies," William H. Avery. 1:55-2:05 p.m.: Discussion. 2:05-2:20 p.m.: How We Are Doing in St. Louis-F. William McCalpin. 2:20-2:45 p.m.: Discussion. Quickies 2:45-2:55 p.m.: Drafting Problems: "Can There be a Model," Earl Johnson. 2:55-3:15 p.m. : Discussion. 3:15-4:15 p.m.: "Representation of the Poor," Henry McGee. 4:30-5:00 p.m.: Discussion. 5:00 p.m.: Adjournment. SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POORUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW, TOWNES HALL AUDITORIUM, AUSTIN, TEX. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966 1:00 p.m.: Welcome Member, Board of Regents, University of Texas. 1:10 p.m.: Opening statement and introduction of speakers, Clint C. Small, Jr., President, State Bar of Texas. 1:30 p.m.: "The Need for Legal Services to the Poor," Page Keeton, Dean, University of Texas School of Law. 2:10 p.m.: "The OEO Program To Assist Local Legal Services Programs for the Poor," E. Clinton Bamberger, Director of Legal Services, Office of Economic Opportunity. 3:10 p.m.: Coffee Break. 3:30 p.m.: E. Clinton Bamberger answers questions from the audience. 5:00 p.m.: Adjourn. 5:00 p.m. Reception, Villa Capri Motel. 8:00 p.m.: Group meetings, Assigned Rooms in Townes Hall. 9:30 p.m. Adjourn. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1966 9:00 a.m. "The Practical Approach to the Guidelines of the OEO," John W. Cummiskey, Chairman, ABA Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, Grand Rapids, Mich. 9:20 a.m.: "The Role of the Law School," Fred Cohen, Professor of Law, University of Texas. 9:40 a.m.: "The Role of the Local Bar Association," F. William McCalpin, Chairman, ABA Committee on Availability of Legal Services, St. Louis, Mo. 10:00 a.m.: "New Opportunities for Legal Aid Services," Junius Allison, Director, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Chicago, Ill. 10:20 a.m.: Coffee Break. 10:40 a.m.: "Legal Services and the Community Action Program," William H. Cook, Regional Director, OEO, Austin, Tex. 11:00 a.m.: Panel discussion. Panlists: John W. Cummiskey, Fred Cohen, F. William McCalpin, Junius Allison, Page Keeton, Clint C. Small, Jr., E. Clinton Bamberger. 12:00 p.m.: Luncheon. Honorable Orison S. Marden, President-Elect, American Bar Association, New York, New York, Speaker. 2:00 p.m.: Group meetings. 3:15 p.m.: Coffee Break. 3:30 p.m.: General assembly for panel. Group leaders will make a five-minute statement to the re-assembled panel. 5:00 p.m.: Adjourn. NORTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR, Invitees: All Lawyers practicing in the states of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Place: Oregon State Bar Center, 808 S. W. 15th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Program: Outstanding national and local speakers who are experienced in this field, and extensive discussion and question and answer periods. Speakers: E. Clinton Bamberger, Jr., Director of Legal Services, Office of Economic Opportunity; James G. Richman, President, Oregon State Bar; John W. Cummiskey, Chairman, ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants; Courtney Arthur, Professor of Law, Williamette Universely; Richard W. Nahstoll, Member, ABA Special Committee on Availability of Legal Services and Presiding as Conference Moderator; Donald Stocks, Legal Services Representative, OEO Western Region; Melvin B. Mogulof, Regional Manager of Community Action in OEO's Western Regional Office. Workshops: In the afternoon the conference attendance will be divided into a series of workshops. Each workshop will have staff experts present from the OEO, NLADA, and ABA. Topics Topics covered will include: Scope of Legal Services, Neighborhood Offices, Size of Staff, Eligibility of Clients, Governing Board, Drafting Proposals, Budgets, Processing Applications, Relationship to Legal Aid, Defender Offices, The Bar and Other Community Agencies. Sponsors: American Bar Association, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Oregon State Bar, Multnomah Bar Association, Office of Economic Opportunity. No registration fee Emphasis: On discussion of practical questions relating to Legal Services Program. EXHIBIT No. 6 LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, JUNE 1, 1966 Phoenix, Arizona ($73,408) The Maricopa County Legal Aid Society, a non-profit corporation, will provide services including legal representation of 9900 poor in such areas as garnishment, eviction, attachment, and foreclosure. Social workers will be educated at to the legal problems of the poor. A program of preventive law and education for area residents will be coordinated with local community action programs. Each neighborhood law office will be staffed by two attorneys. Window Rock, Arizona ($872,854) The Navajo Indians, living on a reservation of over 25,000 square miles, will receive legal services through a number of "teams" composed of an attorney, a Navajo counselor, and an investigator. Representation in state, federal, and tribal courts will be available for the 96,000 potential clients. Little Rock, Arkansas ($32,582) Two attorneys in a centrally-located office will handle all civil cases through all stages of legal proceedings. Berkeley, California ($179,231) A training program for attorneys in legal services programs will be conducted by the University of California. A parctcical "how to do it" law book will be written, probably on debtor-creditor and consumer problems. The program also aims at laying the foundation for similar training programs in other states and for similar law books. Fresno, California ($92,404) The legal services program will operate out of a central office located on the west side of Fresno and will be staffed by an attorney-director, three staff attorneys, one investigator, three legal secretaries, and one account clerk. Legal services will be provided to low-income persons and groups in outlying areas by traveling to these areas. Four to six part-time offices will be staffed with at least one person who speaks, reads, and writes Spanish fluently. A program of preventive law and community education will be developed by the staff with the assistance of the county bar association. Long Beach, California ($156,005) The legal service program, which will be administered by the Legal Aid Foun dation, will provide six attorneys, two social workers, a clerical staff of six, three investigator trainees drawn from the ranks of the people to be served, and three volunteer receptionists, supplied by the wives of members of local bar associations. Local law students will assist on a part-time basis. There will be three neighborhood law offices. Los Angeles, California ($333,129) Legal services offices operate in three target areas, East Los Angeles, Montabello, Watts-Compton, and Venice-Ocean-Park. The offices are open during evenings and weekends and offer emergency 24-hour service utilizing the services of nine staff attorneys, thirteen public defender attorneys, twenty part-time lawyers, and law students. Los Angeles, California ($1,276,138) The program will provide legal services for the poor in rural areas of California through ten law offices. Each of the offices will be staffed by two attorneys, four to five investigators and non-professional assistants, two legal secretaries, one clerk-typist-receptionist, and two law students during the summer. A central office in Los Angeles will house administrative and research personnel including an Executive Director, Assist Legal Director, a technical assistance and training coordinator, a research supervisor who will be an attorney, a research aide, attorney-editor and supporting clerical staff. The staff will educate the rural poor about their legal rights and how the legal process can assist them as well as provide them with legal advice and representation in court. The program will also work to develop reforms in statutes and regulations, and to make public and private service groups and the rural communities more responsive to the needs of the rural poor. California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., is a private, non-profit corporation directed by a representative board including farm laborers, bar associations, law schools, representatives of the business community, and ethnic groups. The major goal of the corporation is the creation and implementation of the best possible legal services program for California's rural poor. This statewide program will permit coordination of efforts uniquely suited to combat poverty effectively among the rural poor. The organization is sponsored by the Neumeyer Foundation, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Constitutional Rights Foundation. Oakland, California ($134,486) Four neighborhood offices, each with a staff of two full-time attorneys and one social worker will serve up to 75,000 clients. Delegate agency is the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, a non-profit corporation which is expanding its offices and coordinating its services with the family and general social counseling services provided at neighborhood community action centers. Redwood City, California ($110,303) The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County will be able to expand their current operation, supported by the United Fund, into four neighborhood centers, with two clerical aides chosen by the residents of target areas serving in each center. The San Mateo County Bar Association Referral System is cooperating in the program. The Bar Association and Stanford University Law School will conduct seminars to acquaint the poor with their rights and responsibilities under the law, and will develop a program of research for law reform, based on their experience from this project. Ventura County, California ($64,798) The program will provide legal services for the residents of Ventura County by utilizing full-time attorneys in neighborhood law offices in Oxford, Ventura, and Santa Paula. It will include broad civil legal service and provide for counseling and education in preventive law. Pueblo, Colorado ($84,312) The legal services program will provide advice and/or litigation and appeal in all civil matters other than those which would generate a fee for a private attorney. Criminal representation will be provided in misdemeanors, traffic violations, juvenile court, post conviction of felons and representation of felons by court appointment. Bridgeport, Connecticut ($112,274) Three attorneys in each of six target areas will undertake civil cases. Those concerning divorce, separation, and non-support will be undertaken at the dis cretion of the executive director. Both juveniles and adults charged with criminal offenses will be given representation from the time of arrest until the court assigns counsel. Neighborhood legal services project will work with the mental health program, the single parent family project, and the manpower training program. Hartford, Connecticut ($53,400) Four attorneys will be aided by volunteer attorneys and students from the University of Connecticut Law School. New Britain, Connecticut ($49,653) The legal services program will serve more than 10,000 low-income residents in New Britain. The legal services in criminal matters will include advice and litigation at the pre-trial and trial. Also, instruction on preventive law, community education, a study of legal reform and staff training will be included in the program. New Haven, Connecticut ($150,421) The New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc. is conducting an extensive program which includes the testing of various methods of meeting the legal needs of the poor, the use of the indigent as neighborhood aides, the use of law students for research and investigation, and education of the community by LAA lawyers and printed materials. Three neighborhood offices will serve a potential 28,000 clients. New London, Connecticut ($50,128) Two attorneys will circuit-ride to neighborhood centers in poverty areas. Legal education programs will be conducted for the indigents and for personnel of social welfare agencies. Approximately 5775 families will be eligible for legal aid. Waterbury, Connecticut ($41,370) The Waterbury Legal Aid and Referral Service will institute a program to serve an estimated 21,000 clients. The program is to be coordinated with a consumer legal action program. The Columbia University School of Social Work is planning research in conjunction with the legal services project. Wilmington, Delaware ($79,909) The Legal Aid Society of Delaware, Inc., will offer a full range of services on civil law problems and is planning a legal education program for all members of the community. The program is being closely coordinated with other social services in the area. St. Petersburg, Florida ($806,099) Legal assistance will be provided to an estimated 100,000 migrant families in a fourteen county area of Florida. The project will test different methods of reaching the migrant population. Besides assisting the migrants in all civil cases and in criminal cases for which counsel is not now afforded, the program will provide an extensive legal education program for the migrants and the staff working with them. Miami, Florida ($221,570) Six neighborhood law offices located in neighborhood centers, each staffed by a full-time attorney, with a central administrative and back-up staff of three full-time attorneys, will afford legal representation and conduct a legal education program for residents of poverty areas. The University of Miami Law School will conduct a training course for staff attorneys, and law students will assist in the neighborhood offices. Fort Pierce, Florida ($75,820) Three full-time attorneys aided by volunteers from the local bar association is providing legal representation for the poor and conducting an education program which includes use of the press and radio media. Lawyers will also help obtain civic and neighborhood improvements such as adequate sidewalks, streets, lighting and sewer facilities. There will be two neighborhood offices. Atlanta, Georgia ($163,495) The delegate agency, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, is placing emphasis on education of the poor on the legal problems which concern them. This will be done through seminars and written materials. The program, with the assistance of law students from Emory University Law School, includes a bail project. Honolulu, Hawaii ($163,445) The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii is expanding its current services to include an educational program to inform the poor of their legal rights and responsibilities. There will be five attorneys in a single office. Indianapolis, Indiana ($259,660) Five neighborhood law offices will be established to offer comprehensive legal aid in all areas of civil law. In addition, a "speciality" office will be set up to handle criminal cases. South Bend, Indiana ($101,755) Two offices, one in downtown South Bend and the other in a target neighborhood will provide legal services to the poor. Three attorneys will closely supervise the work of volunteer law students from the Notre Dame University. Volunteer law school professors will conduct neighborhood education using a wide of methods and materials. East St. Louis, Illinois ($131,406) The program will provide legal services for six neighborhoods through local offices, but will also make efforts to reach all needy persons of East St. Louis, through a staff of six lawyers and seven staff assistants including law students and investigators. The program includes legal education for East St. Louis residents to inform them of their legal rights and obligations. Jefferson, Marion Counties, Illinois ($45,845) Two full-time law offices offering comprehensive legal services to needy persons in the two counties will be set up. In addition the program provides for legal education for county residents to inform them of their legal rights and obligations under the law. Jackson County, Illinois ($53,361) A grant for legal service offices will be established in Carbondale and in Murphysboro to provide legal representation in all areas of criminal law for which public counsel is not required. Students and faculty from the Law Deparement at Southern Illinois University will participate in an educational project designed to inform low-income residents of their rights and obligations under the law. Urbana, Illinois ($28,660) A full-time lawyer will render legal services to needy persons in Champaign County. He will be assisted whenever possible by practicing lawyers and law students at the University of Illinois, who will help on a volunteer basis. The |