Though Legal Services differed from Legal Aid, neither the organization as a whole, its reformist elements, nor its local administrators were dominated by a "new breed" of activist lawyer with elite credentials. Rather, Legal Services was characterized in 1967 and 1972 by a remarkable homogeneity of staff. (Author)

Evidence suggests that the current public interest effort is limited mainly by the number of jobs available in that sector. Various methods of increasing the funding of that sector and thus, the number of jobs, are reviewed. (Author/WI)

The law school admission process plays a major role in determining the social class origins and ethnic composition of the bar, and perhaps also the nonlegal skills lawyers will have. Research is incomplete; consideration of admission criteria, the composition and processes of admissions committees, and applicant self-selection is advisable. (MSE)

"Comparison of the subsequent careers of 228 lawyers in Legal Services in 1967 to those of 981 other lawyers who were practicing law in 1967 indicates that participation in the program has an important effect on both the distribution of professional services and the rendering of reform-oriented free or reduced fee work." (Author/JM)

The effects of participation as a salaried professional in a reform oriented organization on the participants' subsequent career is considered in this paper and studied in the context of the OEO sponsored Legal Services Program. Because of the paucity of literature on the consequences of participation in reform organizations, a related literature,…

The characteristics of professionals recruited into the Legal Services Program sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity are examined in this paper. It finds that, contrary to the literature on activist professionals, Legal Services was not dominated by lawyers with elite family and educational backgrounds or with prior commitments to…