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Accordingly, CLAO's prime concern at the moment is to strengthen its rapport with the neighborhood. Since it is under a research, not a community action grant, CLAO does not have a formal board of advisors from the poor. It must seek information through the less formal channels of neighborhood meetings, church groups, and talks with clients...
Along side the informal talks, CLAO hopes to develop a program of legal education for the poor, to inform them of the nature of legal problems, and of their rights in court. Three pilot programs early last fall were only sparsely attended, but Ferren feels that the subsequent successes of CLAO will aid a series of programs for the spring...
...second question mark in CLAO's future is its relationship with the law school curriculum. A group of Faculty members worked at the office during January exam period; a larger group will probably work there during May exams. Some CLAO students want to encourage an even closer faculty involvement, with the aim of making the program into a clinic for credit...
Whether or not CLAO is integrated into the Law School curriculum, it will undoubtedly continue to produce spillover benefits for law school classes. Early in November, CLAO workers produced 57 legal memoranda covering 313 single-spaced pages on topics of "poverty law." The Massachusetts Bar Association plans to use them for legal educational programs for low-income groups...
...Several CLAO participants have combined their field observations with legal research for term papers in a seminar on Urban Legal Studies given by Adam Yarmolinsky '43, professor of Law. Yarmolinsky is presently planning an Urban Studies Workshop program for next year. A small group of selected third-year students will work on original urban problems offered by community agencies...