Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, 1916-1991 : oral history transcripts : seventy-five years of legal services. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley, 1996-[ongoing]

250 Pages·1996·5.9 MB·English

by  Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office

UniversityofCalifornia Berkeley

Regional Oral History Office University of California
The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Oral History Series
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1916-1991
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF LEGAL SERVICES
Volume I
Interviews with
Thomas Rothwell
Kenneth Hecht
Dario DeBenedictis
Interviews Conducted by
Carole Hicke
in 1991 and 1992
Copyright 1996 by The Regents of the University of California
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It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows:
To cite the volume: Legal Aid Society of
San Francisco, 1916-1991: Seventy-five
Years of Legal Services, Volume I, an oral
history conducted 1991 and 1992, Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
To cite an individual interview: [ex.]
Thomas Rothwell, "Chief Counsel and Staff
Attorney, Legal Aid Society of San
Francisco, 1950s and 1960s," an oral
history conducted in 1991 by Carole Hicke,
in Legal Aid Society of San Francisco,
1916-1991: Seventy-five Years of Legal
Services, Volume I, Regional Oral History
Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley, 1996.
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Cataloging information
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1916-1991: SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF LEGAL
SERVICES, 1996, ii, 196 pp.
The Legal Aid Society of San Francisco in the 1950s-1970s: funding, staff,
Public Defender Program, Juvenile Court program; board members; the
society's relationship with the bar; discussion of law reform, neighborhood
legal aid, rehabilitation of offenders; Youth Law Center, Employment Law
Center.
Interviews with THOMAS ROTHWELL (b. 1923), chief counsel and staff attorney,
1950s-1960s; KENNETH HECHT (b. 1934), executive director of the Youth Law
Center, then of the Employment Law Center, 1970s; DARIO DEBENEDICTIS (b.
1918), member and secretary, board of directors, 1950s-1960s. [Rothwell
and DeBenedictis interviews videotaped by Sandi Meyer for the Legal Aid
Society of San Francisco.)
Preface by William Alsup, Partner, Morrison & Foerster, Former President,
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco
Interviewed 1991 and 1992 by Carole Hicke for the Legal Aid Society of San
Francisco Oral History Series. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.