The D.C. Legal Aid Society has set up shop in Anacostia one day a week as part of a widening effort to bring legal services closer to the city's poorest communities.
More than 1,100 associates have helped the Legal Aid Society for the District of Columbia exceed its goal of $155,000 by nearly $20,000.
Allan Fisher, 96, a founder and former director of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, died of respiratory failure Sept. 15 at Blumenthal Jewish Home in Clemmons, N.C. Mr.
Howard C. Westwood, a lawyer with the Washington firm of Covington & Burling and a specialist in airline law, died at his home in Washington. He was 84. Mr. Westwood joined Covington & Burling in 1934.
Ernest Schein, president of the Legal Aid Society of DC, passed away at the age of 67. During his time as president, he directed representation of over 10,000 people a year who could not afford to hire a lawyer.
Antitrust lawyer Thurman Arnold has been retained by Washington's Legal Aid Society in a case here testing its legality.
Three Washington lawyers suit in District Court asking that the Urban Planning Organization and Legal Aid Society be barred from offering help to indigent persons
In 1965, the services of Legal Aid were available to single persons making $55 per week or married couples with a combined income of less than $70 per week.
October 9, 1965 - Three lawyers contend the legal aid groups are undercutting the business of private attorneys by using noncompetitive standards for indigency
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