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L.
Jonathan Ross
Finding Aid
The papers of L. Jonathan Ross document the struggle for survival of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) under the Reagan and Bush Administrations. Concerned with the potential demise of Legal Services, Ross was co-founder of an ad-hoc group called Bar Leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services for the Poor (founded 1986); the group was formed to act as a unifying voice of the organized bar to advocate and lobby for the continued existence of Legal Services. Both the Reagan and Bush Administrations appeared to be openly hostile toward the Corporation if not the very idea of legal services for the poor. Both Administrations attempted to undermine and weaken the Corporation in a number of ways, and Reagan recommending zero funding for seven of his eight years in office. The Ross collection includes the official newsletter of Bar Leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services for the Poor, newspaper clippings, correspondence, position papers and reports, and Congressional testimony. Some of the subjects addressed in the collection include appointments to the LSC Board, LSC funding, a "competitive bidding" scheme as an alternate form of legal services delivery, attempts to close LSC Support Centers, and attempts to prevent legal services attorneys from engaging in certain types of litigation. L. Jonathan Ross was born in Northhampton Massachusetts
on November 8, 1942. He earned a B.A. from Hobart College
in 1964. He was graduated from Georgetown University Law
Center with a J.D. in 1967, where he was Editor of the Law Journal;
and in 1968 Ross earned an LL.M. from Harvard University.
Ross was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1967 and the New
Hampshire State Bar in 1968. Ross served as President of
the New Hampshire Bar association, 1985-86, and President of the
New England Bar Association from 1986 to 1988. Ross was
Co-Founder of Bar Leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services
for the Poor and a recipient of the Arthur von Briessen Award
in 1986. Ross is currently a partner with Wiggin & Nourie,
P.A. in Manchester New Hampshire. The collection contains materials related to the work of L. Jonathan Ross and the Bar Leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services for the Poor. Series: One series: Bar Leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services for the Poor Dates: 1985-1990 Size: Approximately 2 linear feet Subjects: L. Jonathan Ross, Bar leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services for the Poor, the Legal Services Corporation Arrangement: The collection contains a single series arranged chronologically. The oversized materials are stored separately in box 3 and are also arranged chronologically. (Box 1 begin) Newsletter, Bar Leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services for the Poor 198 - (three folders) Whitehurst - Audit and Appropriations Committee of LSC - 12/18/85. The Quest for Equal Justice . . . A Bar Leader's Greatest Calling - ca. 1986 Correspondence to Bar Presidents - 1986 The National Commitment to Funding Civil Legal Services for the Poor: A Funding History - 1986? Statement of Terry Roche - 2/8/86 Whitehurst - House Appropriations Subcommittee - 3/3/86 (three folders) Testimony of Bill Whitehurst - House Appropriations Subcommittee - 3/3/86. Testimony of Ross, Roche and Mola, and Greco - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 6/4/86 NLADA Atlanta - Fall 1986 Mississippi Lawyer - Nov-Dec 1986 Migrant Legal Services - 1987 Transcript of Proceedings LSC Audit and Appropriations - 1/29-30/87 (two folders) LSC Committee Meetings - 1/29-30/87 ABA Meeting, New Orleans - 2/87 (two folders) Statement of Ross Before LSC Board - 3/21/87 ABA Washington Letter - 5/1/87 Pennsylvania Bar Meeting - 5/14/87 (three folders) Testimony of Durant and Smegal - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 5/20/87 LSC Board Meeting, Charleston, SC - 2/18/87 (two folders) Address Lists - 1988-90 LSC Committee Meetings - 1/29/88 Testimony of Thomas F. Smegal, Jr. - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 3/30/88 Legal Services Corporation: A Chronology - 5/87 to 5/88 Testimony of Robert Clyde, Project Advisory Group- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 5/3/88 Michael S. Greco, Ripon Society Paper on LSC - 5/4/88 Testimony of Michael S. Greco on Funding for LSC - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 5/13/88 Testimony of William Clark Durant III - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 5/28/88 Legal Services Corporation - 9/15/88 Legal Services Corporation - ca. Fall 1988 NLADA, PAG, National Organization of Legal Services Programs, Future Challenges: A Planning Document for Legal Services - 10/6/88 Correspondence - 1/1/88 to 12/31/88 (four folders) Position paper - High Quality, Competent Legal Representation Versus The Subterfuge of "Competition" In the Delivery of Legal Services to the Poor - 1989 Testimony of LSC Representatives - House Appropriations Subcommittee - 3/15/89 House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on LSC - 3/16/89 Testimony of Peter Hearn, Philadelphia Bar - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 4/12/89 Testimony of Bill Whitehurst - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee - 5/2/89 Application for IOLTA Funds and Annual Report - ca. 1989 (two folders) Correspondence - 1/1/89 to 6/30/89 (three folders) Correspondence - 7/1/89 to 12/31/89 (three folders) National Conference of Bar Presidents Mid-year Meeting Los Angeles, CA - 2/7-14/90 Legal Services Materials, ABA Meeting - 2/90 (Box 1 end) (Box 2 begin) Mid year Meeting - 2/7-14/90 National Conference of Bar Presidents 1990 Mid-year Meeting, Los Angeles, CA - 2/9-10/90 Competitive Bidding - 2/12/90 Competitive Bidding - 5/90 Competitive Bidding - 5/9/90 Correspondence - 1/90-3/90 (three folders) Correspondence - 4/90-6/90 (three folders) McCollum-Staggers-Stenholm Amendment - Summer 1990 (three folders) Correspondence - 7/90-9/90 (three folders) Bar Leaders - 1993 (Box 2 end) (Box 3 begin) Speeches of L. Jonathan Ross, Gail Kinney, and Greco before LSC Board - 10/11/85 Bar Leaders for the Preservation of Legal Services for the Poor (misc. Correspondence and billing info.) - 7/29/86 New England Bar Resolution and Position Paper - 1/29/87 PAG/LSC Written Responses to Senator Rudman's Questions - 6/18/87 Crisis in Migrant Legal Services - 8/87 Massachusetts Legal Services Plan for Action - Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation - 11/87 Senior Partner Associate Relationship (undated) Correspondence - 1/1/89 to 6/30/89 San Antonio Study of Legal Services Delivery System - 5/89 American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal and Indigent Defendants Los Angeles, CA - 1/10/90 Consortium on Legal Services and the Public, Sheraton Grande Hotel, Los Angeles, California - 2/11/90 (Box 3 end)
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