Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...record of helping retired people and is fighting for a recreation center for them and a similar center for potential juvenile delinquents. Another newcomer, Andrew Trodden is given a better than average chance for the City Council. His record seems to be mainly one of police and legal work, but he assures prospective supporters that he is a family man and a graduate of Rindge Tech, both of which are prized virtues in a Cambridge campaign...
Warren G. Miller 3L, president of the Legal Aid Bureau, emphasizes that the Harvard organization is, as far as he knows, the only one in America in which students can actually present their cases before the courts. "We find we get along pretty well with the courts around here," Miller said...
Membership in the Legal Aid Bureau is based on academic achievement. After the Law Review and Board of Student Advisers have selected their members from the second year class, the next 19 students on the rank list are invited to join Legal...
...other hand, any second-year law student may apply for membership in the Voluntary Defenders. Founded in 1949 by two students who broke off from the Legal Aid Bureau, the Voluntary Defenders group handles criminal cases. Each year the third-year members select 13 new members from over 70 applicants on the basis of written material submitted and oral interviews. "This way," explained Richard C. Kohls 3L, president of the Voluntary Defenders, "we get people who are really interested in helping indigents, rather than students who simply get good grades...
...Harvard Defenders work in close conjunction with the Boston Voluntary Defenders. The Boston organization leaves cards at the local jails, on which prisoners can indicate a need for legal...