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List of Available Oral Histories

  * NEJL Board Members, ** Past NEJL Board Members
  Name Interviewer Subjects Discussed Date of Interview
0001 Bruce Allen Victor Geminiani His memories as a founder in 1965 of Legal Services of Northern California Sept 1991
0002 Vincent Aprile

 

 

Traces his career as lawyer, ethics teacher, Federal Court Study Commission, and legal counsel to Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy and his United State Supreme Court litigation

Aug 1991

0003 John Arango Leanna Gipson Civil Program Development Nov 1991
0004 Hulett "Bucky" Askew Victor Geminiani His experience as OEO and LSC Deputy and Regional Director in the Southeast and Deputy Director of the Office of Field Services in Washington, DC July 1991
0005 Gary Bellow Zona Hostetler Harvard University March 1999
0006 Clinton Bamberger**
(Bamberger Collection)
Christopher Brown

His work at OEO and at LSC.

 

June 2002
0007 Gary Bellow      March 1999
0008 Mickey Bennett Alan Houseman His experience working with California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) and serving as the head of ARL. The dismantling of the OEO. His involvement with the LSC Act in 1973, including the decision to go with the Nixon Board and the negotiations with the White House which led to the strong bipartisan bill. The filibuster and the conservative pressure. The enactment of the LSC Act and the period between the signing of the Act and the first Board. April 2004
0009 Martha Bergmark Harrison McIver* Her Experience as a Project Director in Mississippi during the expansion years in the late 1970s July 1992
0010 David Blicker Victor Geminiani His memories as the first Legal Services of Northern California Director who received OEO expansion funds Aug 1991
0011 Dennis Bricking Michael Pritchard History of program development in Tennessee Oct 1991
0012 Edgar Cahn  Alan Houseman    July 2002
0013 Julie Clarke Don Saunders    
0014 Hillary Rodham Clinton   Victor Geminiani Her experience as Chair of the Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors from 1978-80 during the expansion years  July 1991
0015 Meg Connolly Guy Lescault Her experience as Deputy director in Legal Services Corporation, Region 1 from 1974-1982  
0016 Thorns Craven Richard Taylor His experience as Project Director at Winston-Salem Legal Services in North Carolina and his impressions of early OEO Regional Project Directors' meetings July 1991
0017 Robert Davis Reta Harris The creation and functions of SE July 1991
0018 Charles Dorsey Martha Bergmark His experience as the Director of the Legal Aid program in Maryland and as an active member and past President in the early 1980s of the Project Advisory Group Nov 1990
0019 Douglas Eakeley Victor Geminiani His experiences in legal services and his thoughts as a new Chairperson of the Legal Services Corporation Feb 1994
0020 Charles Edson
(2 tapes)
Bob Rhudy*
  June 2002
0021 Tom Ehrlich Alan Houseman  His experience as the President of Legal Services Corporation and with the LSC board members he worked with, including Hillary Clinton, Bill McCalpin, and Mickey Kantor. The Polikoff Study of Support, the Minimum Access Funding Plan, the Next Steps Study, and the 1007(h) Special Groups Study. Expansion plans and the internal disputes over allocation of new money. May 2004
0022 John Erlenborn
(2 tapes)
Don Saunders   July 2002
0023 Alexander Forger
(2 tapes)
Martha Bergmark   Sept 2002
0024 Lenard Garment
Jim Flug   July 2002
0025 LeAnna Hart Gipson Brian Paddock Her experience as Director of the State Support program in Tennessee and the creation and functions of State Support structures in the Southeast July 1991
0026 Theodore Gottfried James R. Neuhard* Discusses his legal career and his development of the Illinois Appellate Defender Officer as a concept which became a model for many offices nationally Aug 1991
0027 Steve Gottlieb Leanna Gipson His experiences as Staff Attorney and Director at Atlanta Legal Aid from 1969 to present and the creation and functions of the Southeast Fundraising Center July 1991
0028 Justice Dana Howard Don Saunders   Aug 2002
0029 Don Griesmann Victor Geminiani His experiences as Director of Legal Services of Northern California during the program's expansion in the late 1970s Nov 1990
0030 Robert Gross Guy Lescault Development of legal services in New Hampshire Nov 1991
0031 Marshall J. Hartman*
(NEJL President)
(2 tapes)
 James R. Neuhard Seminal years of the NLADA and the development of defender programs in the 1970s. Traces his involvement as defender attorney development of the National Defender Movement State in 1960 and NLADA, LEAA and his vision and use of standards, technical assistance and training to advance the cause. Sept. 1991
0032 Don Hollingsworth Jean Turner-Carter Development of legal services in Arkansas July 1992
0033 Alan W. Houseman Victor Geminiani Personal background and creation of the Legal Services Corporation Act Oct 1991
0034 Bruce Jacobs  Victor Geminiani His recollections of his presentation of the state of Florida before the US Supreme court in the case of Gideon v. Wainwright July 1993
0035 Bob Jenkins Mike Pritchard His experiences as a Managing Attorney and Director of two South Carolina Programs during Legal Services Corporation expansion in the late 1970s July 1991
0036

Justice Earl Johnson, Jr.*
(3 tapes)
Johnson Collection

Alan Houseman   Nov 2002
April 2004
0037 Tom Keith Kenneth Cain Jr. Development of legal services in Alabama July 1992
0038 Abe Krash Victor Geminiani His memories working with Abe Fortas representing Clarence Gideon in the US Supreme Court  March 1993
0039 James Kura James R. Neuhard* History of defender office in Columbus, Ohio and his development of offices in 1973 July 1991
0040 Terry Lenzer Alan Houseman Sept 2002
0041 Guy Lescault Bucky Askew His experiences as an attorney in the Legal Services Corporation Regional Office in Atlanta during the expansion and retrenchment years from 1977 to 1982 Sept 1991
0042 Anthony Lewis Victor Geminiani His memories and his authoring of the book Gideon's Trumpet and his understanding of the personalities and issues in the case of Gideon v. Wainwright  March 1993
0043 Mario Lewis      
0044 Clint Lyons Victor Geminiani His experiences as Legal Services Corporation Director of Field Services from 1978-81 and Acting President in 1981-82 July 1991
0045 Bill McCalpin
(3 tapes)
Linda Perle* Discusses his extensive involvement in legal services, including his experience as a member of the American Bar Association's Special Committee on the Availability of Legal Services and Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants (SCLAID), serving as a board member and then Chair of Legal Services Corporation Board and serving as President of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. Aug 2002
0046 Neil McBride Karen Dennis Development of legal services in Tennessee July 1992
0047 Harrison McIver* Sue Perry His experiences with the creation of the Southeast Project Directors' Association and its functions  July 1991
0048 Lloyd Meeds Bob Rhudy*   July 2002
0049 Melville D. Miller Steven L. Brown His experiences as Director of the State Support Center in New Jersey and as past President in the late 1970s of the Project Advisory Group Sept 1991
0050 James Neuhard* Theodore Gottfried Tracks his involvement as a leader in the development of defender representation during the 1970s and 1980s and his service as President of NLADA Nov 1990
0051 Joseph R. Oelkers, III Brian Lenard Development of legal services in Louisiana July 1992
0052 Brian Paddock Tamara Dahn History of his service in various legal aid programs Oct 1991
0053 Forrest Plant, Sr. Victor Geminiani His memories as President of the Board of Legal Services of Northern California in 1960 Sept 1991
0054 Cruz Reynozo
(2 tapes)
Alan Houseman   Aug 2002
0055 Allen Rodgers Lonnie Powers His experiences as a State Support Director and the development of the National State Support System in general Nov 1990
0056 John Rosenberg Dennis Bricking His experiences as Director at the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky in the early years of OEO July 1991
0057 Peggy Santos Lillian Johnson Development of the National Client Council and her own experiences as a client advocate Nov 1990
0058 Jerome Shestack
(2 tapes)
Alan Houseman
  Aug 2002
0059 Antone Signsen, III   His experiences in the Legal Services Corporation
0060 Gerry Singsen Victor Geminiani Developments of FCC funding policy and the ABC Committee Nov 1991
0061 Robert Spangenberg Theodore Gottfried His experiences in conducting legal needs studies in both criminal and civil field Nov 1990
0062 Kent Spuhler Bob Graddy Development of legal services in Florida July 1992
0063 Thomas Smegal* Linda Perle*  His recollections as the longest serving member of the LSC Board and his experiences with the National Youth Law Center and other legal services programs in California.
Sept 2002
0064 Chesterfield Smith* Martha Bergmark   Aug 2002
0065 Ellen Hines Smith Victor Geminiani Her experiences as the first female judge in South Carolina, and founder of the Piedmont Legal Services in South Carolina and her memories of the traditional poker game in the Southeast Region July 1991
0066 Reece Smith
(2 tapes)
 Bob Rhudy   Aug 2002
0067 Randolph Stone James R. Neuhard* Tracks his experience from his decision to become a lawyer to his career as a lawyer from Chicago, through the D.C. Defender Service to the first minority Director of Cook County Public Defender Office Aug 1991
0068 Marilyn S. Swears Mary Thomas Development state support in the South, and the formation of South East Training Center Oct 1991
0069 Richard Taylor Greg Malhoit Development of legal services in North Carolina July 1992
0070 Phyllis Thornton Victor Geminiani Her experiences as an administrator and Acting Director of Neighborhood Legal Services in Charleston, South Carolina and as the Coordinator for the annual Southeast Regional meeting at the Don Cesar in St. Petersburg, Florida July 1991
0071 Hon. Roger K. Warren Victor Geminiani His memories as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow and as the Executive Director of Legal Services of Northern California during the early 1970s Sept 1991
0072 Malcolm Weintraub Victor Geminiani His memories as a President of the Board of Legal Services of Northern California when the first OEO grant was received Aug 1991
0073 Howard C. Westwood Clinton Bamberger* His contributions to the establishment of federally funded legal services for 1964-65 Oct 1992
0074 Michael Zander Clinton Bamberger* Legal Aid in the United Kingdom. Jan 1999