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RG 32/211 211-

Records of the Legal Assistance Society

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7.5 Cubic Feet (19 archival boxes)

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    Biographical / Historical

    The Legal Assistance Society at the University of Virginia School of Law was conceived in 1967 in respond to a question that Justice William J. Brennan had asked the year before during oral arguments heard at the Law School in March of 1966:

    “Might it not be possible to expose a much larger percentage of the student body, at some time during the three years of law school to the realities of the attorney-client relationship?” (VLW, v. xix, no. 14, Feb. 9, 1967, p.2).

    The Virginia Law Weekly announced the soon to be established new organization: “Beginning June 1, an office will be opened....by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association to provide free civil legal aid to any person who shows to be indigent and in genuine need of a lawyer’s help. Students of the law school will be needed to staff the office and to assist the lawyers in research, drawing up documents or anything else the lawyer assigned to the case would like him to do.” (VLW, v. xix, no. 24, May 4, 1967). The program began in the Fall of 1967.

    The director of the newly formed Legal Aid Society was Myron P. Simmons, the assistant director was Peter W. Windrem and the faculty advisor was Professor Peter C. Mason. (VLW, v. xx, no. 2, p. 2, Thursday September 28, 1967.) The organization was directly affiliated (and still is) with the Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid Society, Inc. The membership was limited to forty students.

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Legal Assistance Society 1969 Presentation of Petition
seriesRG 32/211-84 Records of the Legal Assistance Society, 1970 - 1981
fileConstitution, memoranda, projects, officers and project directors, 1970 - 1973Box 1
fileAnnual report, press release, some memoranda, 1973Box 1
fileNeighborhood Legal Aid Society Intra-Office Memo, 1974Box 1
fileCorrespondence (5 folders), 1970 - 1979Box 1
fileCharlottesville – Albemarle Legal Aid Society (CALAS) Board of Directors: Minutes, agendas, reports, some correspondence (4 folders), 1977 - 1981Box 1
fileLaw School Memoranda, 1975Box 2
fileLegal Assistant Society [LAS] Newsletters, 1974 - 1977Box 2
fileMembership lists and some memoranda (6 folders), 1974 - 1980Box 2
fileMemoranda and Bulletin Board Materials (7 folders), 1975 - 1980Box 2
fileOrientation Manual (4 folders), 1976 - 1980Box 2
fileProject descriptions and 1970 Annual Report, 1970 - 1972Box 3
fileProject Descriptions ( 2 folders), 1976 - 1977Box 3
fileProject Membership lists, 1976Box 3
filePublic Relations. Articles in the Virginia Law Weekly: 5-2-1975; Notice in “Community in the Academical Village”, p. 11, 1975Box 3
fileResearch Projects. Request forms ; signed-up sheets, some memoranda, 1976Box 3
fileSigned-up sheets. (2 folders), 1975 - 1978Box 3
fileVirginia Legal Aid Association (VLAA) – Newsletter and Correspondence, 1976 - 1980Box 3
fileProposals for a Nursing Home. Ombudsman and Research Service under Title III of the Older Americans Act, Submitted to the Office on Aging, 8-22-1975; Proposal for Legal Assistance to Virginia’s Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Under Section 303, Title IIIBox 3
fileVLAA – Correspondence, directories, 1975 - 1978Box 3
fileLaw School Foundation – Alumni fundrising, 1977 - 1978Box 3
fileAlumni Fundrising letter, undatedBox 3
fileBudget and University of Virginia Student Council Appropriations Committee Allocations, 1978 - 1980Box 3
fileExpenditures Vouchers, 1978 - 1979Box 3
fileLAS Correspondence, 1974Box 3
fileABA – LAS Grants, 1976 - 1979Box 3
fileLAS - Financial Reports, 1976 - 1979Box 4
fileLAS Memoranda for Project Directors. General Activities and Resources Materials; Organization of Death Penalty Conference 3-21-1980; some financial issues, 1979 - 1980Box 4
filePublic Service Announcements, 1979Box 4
fileLAS – Social Dues, 1976 - 1977Box 4
fileLAS – Student Activities Funds, 1976 - 1977Box 4
fileUniversity of Virginia Student Council Regulations, Instructions, Allocations, Memoranda, 1973 - 1975Box 4
fileUniversity of Virginia Student Council – LAS Allocations; Budget Proposals, 1973 - 1975Box 4
fileUniversity of Virginia Student Council Activities. Guidelines, correspondence, budget; appeal of LAS , Summary of Activities, 1976 - 1977Box 4
fileBlank forms used by LASBox 4
fileCenter on Social Welfare Policy and Law. Memoranda, (3 folders), 1976 - 1980Box 4
fileCenter for Law and Social Policy – Externships, 1979 - 1980Box 5
fileCircuit Riders Expansion. [Correspondence re: legal assistance in Buckingham County, VA; creation of an “Information and Referral Service for Low Income Residents”]. , 1974 - 1976Box 5
fileCircuit Riders Project. [Students assistance to attorneys from the Charlottesville – Albemarle Legal Aid Society Office, providing legal services to clients living in the counties of Fluvanna, Green, Louisa and Nelson]., 1979 - 1980Box 5
fileDowntown Office Project. Sign-up sheets, report, orientation, 1976Box 5
fileExpanding Legal Services Project, 1975Box 5
fileExternship Programs, 1972Box 5
fileFood Law in Virginia, 1978Box 5
fileJuvenile Court Project. [Papers presented as application to the Legal Assistance Society], 1970Box 5
fileLabor Symposium Packets, 1978-03Box 5
fileLegal Assistance Society - Murphy Amendment. Petition against the Murphy Amendment that restricted legal services work in the federal antipoverty programs]. Correspondence, clippings, 1969Box 5
fileLegal Assistance to Vietnamese Refugees, 1975Box 5
fileLegal Services Corporation [Private, non-profit corporation to provide financial legal assistance to the poor]. Policies, reports, 1977 - 1979Box 5
fileP-CAP [Post Conviction Assistance Program] Presentation Cards, undatedBox 5
fileMental Health Conference: “Implementing the Rights of Mental Patients”. Proposal, 1977-11-02Box 5
fileRobinson v. Bergland (Food Stamp Case). Legal documents, some correspondence [Restricted], 1980Box 5
fileRural Law Project: Rural America [Newspaper Clippings], 1979 - 1980Box 6
fileRural Law Project Proposal, 1979 - 1980Box 6
fileSouthern Regional Education Board – Externships, 1969Box 6
fileUndergraduate Intern, 1976 - 1977Box 6
fileVirginia Department of Corrections Ombudsman Office cards and Offender Aid Restoration [OAR] member list, undatedBox 6
fileVirginia Law Women – “Women, Health and the Law Conference”. Brochure, 1978-03Box 6
fileWaynesboro Project , 1978 - 1980Box 6
fileWaynesboro Project - McCarthy v. McCarthy, 1978 - 1979Box 6
fileWaynesboro Project – Price v. Price [Restrictions Apply], 1979Box 6
fileWelfare Rights – comments on a case [Restrictions Apply], 1978Box 6
fileInmates’ Assistance Project [IAP] [Restrictions Apply], 1981Box 6
fileIAP – Attorneys list, 1981Box 6
fileAIP Correspondence, 1979Box 6
fileAIP – Divorces. Correspondence, forms [Restrictions Apply], 1980 - 1981Box 6
fileAIP Membership lists and forms, 1980Box 6
fileAIP – Memoranda, 1980Box 6
fileAIP Memorandum re: Need of a Committee in Prisoner – Plaintiff Divorce [Restrictions Apply], 1980Box 6
fileAIP Questionnaires, undatedBox 6
fileAIP - Statewide Meeting., 1979Box 6
fileAIP – Case Files A –Z (2 folders) [Restricted], 1979 - 1981Box 7
fileWomen’s Prison Project [WPP] – General. Correspondence, research materials (3 folders), 1979 - 1980Box 7
fileWPP – Aid to Dependent Children, undated [Restrictions Apply]Box 7
fileWPP Booklet Draft, 1978Box 7
fileWPP Chronological Log of Clients [Restricted], 1979 - 1980Box 7
fileMemo to Women’s Prison Project Participants; divorce forms, interview forms, release forms, sample forms, undatedBox 7
fileWPP – Goochland Class, 1976 - 1978Box 7
fileWPP – Correspondence, memoranda, some administrative files, 1977 - 1979Box 7
fileGoochland Investigation [Restrictions Apply], 1977Box 7
fileWPP – LAS Alderson Legal Assistance Program with Washington and Lee University (2 folders), 1977Box 7
fileWPP Mimeo Masters, undatedBox 8
fileWPP Parole Class, 1977Box 8
fileWPP Research Materials, 1978 - 1979Box 8
fileWPP Case Files A – Z (4 folders) [Restricted], 1978 - 1981Box 8
fileWestern State Hospital Project – LAS Grant Application, 1978Box 9
fileWestern State Hospital – Mental Health Legal Aspects, undated [Restrictions Apply]Box 9
fileWestern State Hospital – Case Files A – Z (3 folders) [Restricted], 1979 - 1982Box 9
seriesRG 32/211-07 Records of the Legal Assistance Society, 1974 - 1998
subseriesAdministrative Files
fileLAS Articles of Incorporation of The Legal Assistance Society Incorporated. A Virginia Non-stock Corporation; Proposal, Constitution, By-Laws., 1989 - 1991Box 10
fileLAS Banquet. [Award to Professor Jan M. Levine], 1989 - 1990Box 10
fileLAS - Board Meetings; memberships lists, 1988 - 1989Box 10
fileLAS - Budget and funding. 1986-87 Budget Breakdown; Spring 1989 Appropriations Process; 1989-90 Administrative Expenses; Procedures for Spending Funds, 1986 - 1990Box 10
fileLAS - By-Laws and List of Project Directors, 1990Box 10
fileLAS - CALAS [Charlottesville - Albemarle Legal Aid Society]. Memorandum of Agreement; Workforce Analysis Sheets; Analysis of Restrictions in HR 3019 Omnibus Continuing Education; Compliance Policies; Minutes of Board of Directors of 1997-01-14., 1996 - 19Box 10
fileLAS Constitution, undatedBox 10
fileLAS - Expenses, 1999 - 2000Box 10
fileLAS - Forma Pauperis [forms], undatedBox 10
fileLAS - Insurance, 1988Box 10
fileLAS - Liability Issues; Memoranda, 1988Box 10
fileLAS - Memoranda to/from Dean’s Office re Liability, Funds, 1988Box 10
fileLAS - Memoranda, Summary of Activities, Appropriations Process, Petition for Qualification as a Contracted Independent Organization; some notes, 1995 - 1996Box 10
fileLAS - Newspaper and magazine articles re LAS, 1990, 1999Box 10
fileLAS - State Corporation Papers, 1996-1997; 1997-2000Box 10
fileLAS - Student Council Forms and contracts for Student Organizations, 1988-1989; 1998-2000Box 10
fileLAS - Summary of Activities, Appropriations Process, 1992 - 1993Box 10
fileLAS - Training Manual, Fall 1977Box 10
fileLAS - Training Manual. Memorandum re LAS Manual, 1980, 1982Box 10
fileUniversity of Virginia Agreements for a Contracted Independent Organization, 1994 - 1996Box 10
fileVirginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Documents: Confidentiality of Patient and Resident Records (1978); Policy of Abuse of Patients and Residents (1980); Patient/Resident Abuse Investigations (1982); Rules and Regulations to Assure Box 10
fileLAS - PILR [Public Interest Law Roundtable] Newsletter, 1990Box 10
subseriesProject Files
fileCourt Translation Project. [Brochures to be translated by law students, some flyers in Spanish], ca. 1999Box 11
fileDomestic Violence Project. [One memorandum and a note], undated , 1991Box 11
fileIntern Project. [Memorandum], 1989Box 11
fileLabor Project, n.d.Box 11
fileLabor Project. Case Disposition Memos, 1982-1986; 1990Box 11
fileLabor Project. Correspondence and Memoranda, 1992 - 1994Box 11
fileLabor Project Docket, 1981 - 1984Box 11
fileLabor Project - Retainer Forms, 1984Box 11
fileLabor Project: Sample Testimony (transcript). [Virginia Unemployment Commission. In the matter of Steven C. Hollifield Appellant v. VOB Auto Sales], 1983Box 11
fileLabor Project - Training File (2 folders), 1992 - 1993Box 11
fileLabor Project. [Unemployment]. Handbooks and Brochures. Student Check-list for Handling an Unemployment Insurance Appeal (1992); Unemployment Insurance Programs (1987); Handling Unemployment Compensation Claims (1988); Regulations and General Rules AffectBox 11
fileLabor Project Cases: Closed Cases [Restrictions Apply], 1992 - 1994Box 11
fileLabor Project Cases - CALAS. McClellan v. Region Ten Community Services. [Misconduct] [Restrictions Apply], 1994Box 11
fileLabor Project Cases. Gibson, David L. V. American Press Inc. [Benefits claim] [Restrictions Apply], 1994 - 1995Box 11
fileLabor Project Cases. Herring, Elizabeth. [Unemployment Compensation], 1993Box 11
fileLabor Project Cases. Jackson, Alvin. [Termination of Employment], 1993Box 11
fileLabor Project Cases. Johnson, Savoy V. [Falsification of record], 1992Box 12
fileLabor Project Cases. Sowell, Chip. [Misconduct], 1991Box 12
fileLabor Project Cases. Tucker, Mareus v. Commonwealth of Virginia. [Unemployment compensation] , 1993Box 12
fileLabor Project Cases. Turner, Helen. [Termination of employment], 1992Box 12
fileLabor Project Cases. Webb, Jerry L. v. Farmington Country Club. [Unemployment compensation], 1992Box 12
fileLabor Project Cases. Wilson, Rosetta v. Great Eastern Management. [Unemployment compensation benefits], 1992Box 12
fileLow Income Housing Project. Initial organizational memoranda; proposal for funding to the Virginia Law Foundation, 1989 - 1990Box 12
fileMigrant Farmworker Project. Correspondence re: Division Director of Planning, Research and Policy Analysis, and Staff Director of the Governor’s Board on Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1988 - 1989Box 12
fileMigrant Farmworker Project. [Description of Internship], undatedBox 12
fileNative American Law Project. Correspondence and memoranda, 1991 - 1994Box 12
fileNative American Law Project. Federal Recognition Project, 1993 - 1994Box 13
fileNative American Law Project. List of members, 1993 - 1996Box 13
fileNative American Law Project. Mattaponi Indian Reservation - King William Reservoir. [Working and research papers], 1996 - 1997Box 13
fileNative American Law Project. Mattaponi Indian Reservation - King William Reservoir. Final Environmental Impact Statement Main Report. Volume I. Regional Raw Water Study Group; Lower Virginia Peninsula; Regional Raw Water Supply Plan. Norfolk District ArmyBox 13
fileNative American Law Project. Mattaponi Indian Reservation - King William Reservoir. Final Environmental Impact Statement Main Report. Volume II. Regional Raw Water Study Group; Lower Virginia Peninsula; Regional Raw Water Supply Plan. Norfolk District ArmBox 13
fileNative American Law Project. Monacan Indian Nation. [Documents re Virginia Council of Indians], 1996, 1996Box 14
filePublic Benefits Project. Memoranda and proposal, 1989 - 1990Box 14
fileRights for the Disable Project. Statement, 1989 - 1990Box 14
fileWestern State Hospital Project [WSH Project]. Anual Reports, 1975 - 1977Box 15
fileWSH Project - Budget, 1998 - 1999Box 15
fileWSH Project Charter, undatedBox 15
fileWSH Project Closed Files. [Miscellaneous closed files and research materials], 1996Box 15
fileWSH Project - Commitment Procedures in the State of Virginia. Memorandum to LAS , undated, 1980Box 15
fileWSH Project Completed Schedule of Members, 1994Box 15
fileWSH Project De- activated file, 1992Box 15
fileWSH Project - Membership Dispute re Status of Western State Hospital Project, 1988 - 1989Box 15
fileWSH Project - Divorce in Virginia. Research Materials, undatedBox 15
fileWSH Project. Documents: Legal Aid Society Manual, Western State Hospital Background; Memoranda, 1978-1979, 1983, n. d.Box 15
fileWSH Project. Documents: Rules and Regulations to Assure the Rights of Residents of Facilities Operated by the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (1983); B1 Ward Rules; B4 Ward Rules; Guidelines for Token Economy and Ward Rules for Life SkiBox 15
fileWSH Project. Documents: Virginia Law on Civil Commitment and Guardianship (1995); Family Law Clinical Program, Community Legal Assistance Office Manual, Vol. II (1997-1998); Handbook for Families (1998), 1993 - 1998Box 16
fileWSH Project. Documents: Face/Data Sheet; Resource Guide for Cash and Insurance Payments; WSH Referrals; Orientation Packet; some notes and research materials, 1997 - 1998Box 16
fileWSH Project Habeas Corpus Research, 1989Box 16
fileWSH Project Handbook, 1993-11Box 16
fileWHS Project Handbook , 1988 - 1999Box 16
fileWSH Project Information and Weekly Reports, 1991 - 1992Box 16
fileWSH Project - List of Project Files Through the Summer of 1998Box 16
fileWSH Project - Miscellaneous files. [Sheets with client names], 1986 - 1987Box 16
fileWSH Project Notes from Visits, 1995Box 16
fileWSH Project - Hospital Professional Services Plan; Fact Sheet, 1986, 1988Box 16
fileWSH Project Sample forms and brochure, undatedBox 16
fileWSH Project - Reports, 1984 - 1991Box 17
fileWSH Project - Smokers Revolt, 1993Box 17
fileWSH Project Statistics, 1992 - 1993Box 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1983, Fall - 1985, SummerBox 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports and Memoranda to Members, 1985Box 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1986Box 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1987Box 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1988Box 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1989 Spring - SummerBox 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1989 FallBox 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1990 Spring- SummerBox 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1990 FallBox 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports, 1991 Spring - SummerBox 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports and Western State Hospital Referrals, 1991 - 1992Box 17
fileWSH Project Weekly Reports and Miscellaneous Papers Including 1993-1994 Rooster, 1992 - 1994Box 17
fileWSH Project. “A parable about the law, libraries and the wrong address”. Paper written by Willbox Dunn III, 7 May 1998Box 17
fileLAS - WSH Project. Forensic Treatment Program. "Training site for the University of Virginia Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy.” Program Description, 1998-08-25Box 17
otherlevelWSH Project Cases. Clients A - M, 1985 - 1998Box 18
otherlevelWSH Project Cases. Clients M - Z, 1985 - 1998Box 19
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