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Justice Earl Johnson
Jr. Scope and Content Notes Biographical Note Arrangement Folder List The collection consists of forty-nine interviews
conducted by Johnson as part of his research for the book Justice
And Reform: The Formative Years of the American Legal Services Program,
first published in 1974 by the Russell Sage Foundation. Justice
and Reform is the only comprehensive survey of the history of the
Legal Services Program (LSP) within the Office Of Economic Opportunity
(OEO). The program was created as part of President Johnson's War On
Poverty and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Earl Johnson
played a major role in Legal Services' formative years, first as Deputy
Director and then as Program Director. The interviews are with key individuals
in the field of legal services. Most of the interviews were completed
between 1968 and 1969. Justice and Reform documents the
history of The Legal Services Program within The Office Of Economic
Opportunity in four parts: Part I. The Roots of the legal aid
movement in the United States; Part II. The Establishment Of The
Program; Part III. The Management of the Program; and
Part IV. An Assessment. The collection consists of forty-nine interviews conducted by Justice Earl Johnson Jr. for his book Justice And Reform. Some of the interviews are not dated, although many dates may be ascertained via the book's end notes. Those interviews that are undated are annotated as undated. Where a date could be ascertained via the end notes to the book, those dates are written after the undated annotations. Where an interviewee's professional status is noted or could be determined, that status is indicated. Were an interview topic is noted or could be determined, the topic is indicated. Provenance: Justice Earl Johnson Dates: 1968-1969 Location: NEJL Archives shelves, box entitled Johnson Interviews Subjects: Justice and Reform, Legal Services Program of the Office of Economic Opportunity, compliance with OEO guidelines, U.S. Regional Legal Services. Series: Interviews Size: 6" Justice Earl Johnson Jr. was born in Watertown, South Dakota on June 10, 1933. He earned a BA in Economics from Northwestern University in 1955. Following his three years active duty as a naval officer, Johnson received a JD in 1960 from the University of Chicago where he was an editor of the Law Review. He also earned an LL.M in Criminal Law from Northwestern University in 1961. After completing his education Johnson served as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime and Racketeering division, from 1961-1964. Next he was Deputy Director of a neighborhood legal services project; and between 1965 and 1968 he worked as Deputy Director and Director of the Legal Services Program within the Office of Economic Opportunity. Between 1969 and 1982 Johnson was a Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. At USC he taught Evidence and Professional Responsibility. He also directed the clinical program at the University. Since 1982 Johnson has been an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 7. Throughout his career Johnson has published extensively, authoring or co-authoring as many as sixteen books. He has also been the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Justin Dart Award for Academic Innovation from the University of Southern California, the Loren Miller Legal Services Award from the California State Bar, and named Appellate Justice of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Johnson was the founding President of the Board of Directors of the National Equal Justice Library. He is married to Barbara Yanow Johnson; together they have three children: Kelly, Eric, and Agaarn. The collection consists of a single series: Interviews. The interviews are arranged alphabetically by name from M to Z; and also included are interviews from Duane and Hudson. Interviews A through L have not yet been received by NEJL.
1. Richard Duane - undated, 11/13/68
2. Gardiner Hudson - undated 3. Taylor MacKenzie, at the time of interview
said to be the only Navajo physician in the country - 8/23/68
4. Alan Maley, Director of CAP - undated
5. Alan Marer, served OEO as Regional
General Counsel - 11/25/68 6. Richard Marshall, with Legal Aid in
New Haven - undated 7. F. William McCalpin, Chairman of the
Special Committee on Availability of Legal Services - undated, 6/68
8. Peter McDonald, Director of the Navajo
Office of Economic Opportunity - 8/22/68 9. Paul Miller, involved in legal services
in Kansas City - undated 10. Ted Mitchell, with Navajo Legal Services
Program and Director of the OEO regional Office in Austin - 8/20/68
11. Jerry Dee Moize, Project Director
in Winston-Salem - undated 12. Bertha Montgomery, representative
of the Poor on Ventura County Legal Services Board - 2/27/69
13. Harold Mott, General Counsel for the
Navajo Tribe - 8/22/68 14. Jack Murphy - undated 15. Sam Culbertson for Senator Murphy
- undated 16. Raymond Nakai, Chairman Navajo Tribe
- 8/22/68 17. John Neiman, immediate past president
Iowa State Bar Association - undated 18. Robert Oberbillig - undated
19. Revius Ortique - undated 20. Dean Papale - undated 21. William Pincus, Responsible for grants
related to the law at the Ford Foundation - undated, 9/68 22. Lewis Powell, President of ABA 1964-65
- undated, 3/69 23. Wilman Richardson, president of the
local Martinet Society - undated 24. Mr. Riley - undated 25. John D. Robb Jr., National Chairman
ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants - undated
26. Raymond Ryan, Deputy to Denton Brooks- undated 27. Craig Sawyer, with OEO Legal Services
- 8/19/68 28. Paul Shy, Vice President of Commerce
Trust Bank, Kansas City - undated 29. Gordon Nelson for Congressman Sisk
- undated 30. Samuel Smith - undated 31. Captain Staack, Waterloo, Iowa board
member - undated 32. John A. Sutro Sr. - undated
33. Judge Tidrick, Juvenile Court Des
Moines, Iowa - undated 34. Maynard Toll - undated, 3/14/67
35. John Tracey -
undated 36. Marna S. Tucker - Three interviews:
10/2/68, 11/18/68, 9/25/69 37. Charles Vanderlinden, City Councilman
in Des Moines, Iowa - undated 38. Howard Van Elgort, Legal Aid Program,
Long Beach, California - 4/69 39. Ted Voorchees - undated 40. Lynn Vorbrich, Legal Aid Board and
Human Rights Commission, Des Moines, Iowa - undated 41. Howard Westwood - undated 42. Lawrence Wilson, Board member of Legal
Services Program, Kansas City - undated 42. Robert Wilson, Trustee of Legal Services
Program - undated 44. Bertel Winder - undated 45. Melvin Wolf - undated 46. William Womble, former President North
Carolina Bar Association - undated 47. Barbara Yanow - 11/27/68 48. Arthur Young - undated 49. William Zipperman, Assistant Corporation
Counsel - undated
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