Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...visitor wished to speak with him in the hall. There Foreman was confronted by Melvin Powers, the hulking drifter whom he had successfully defended along with Candy Mossier, 49, in the celebrated 1964 murder of Multimillionaire Jacques Mossier. Powers, 27, was incensed over Foreman's suit to obtain legal fees involving several hundred thousand dollars from Powers' Aunt Candy. "Look you bastard, I'm mean," raged Powers, gesturing threateningly. "I'm tough too," replied the husky lawyer. Then, as onlookers gaped, Powers went on: "Don't forget. I've already killed...
...office has also aided neighborhood action groups; CLAO staff attorneys, for example, did the legal work needed to draft Cambridge's Model Cities ordinance...
...powers of the policy-making board have not yet been defined, but it is expected that the board will have a major say in determining the future course of the legal aid office...
...board considers policy issues, it presumably will develop more and more insight into what the most productive and responsive relationship between community and law school can be for a joint venture in legal services. One can anticipate, therefore, that the most appropriate formal relationships among everyone involved with CLAO will come into sharper and sharper focus as the board continues to function," the office's letter said...
Since its founding, CLAO has handled over 5000 cases, and has worked for legal reform in welfare, consumer credit practices, and in private and public housing. In recent months, fighting evictions has come to occupy an increasing proportion of CLAO's time...