For over a century, many have struggled to turn the Constitution's prime goal "to establish Justice" into reality for Americans who cannot afford lawyers through civil legal aid. This book explains how and why.
American statesman Sargent Shriver called the Legal Services Program the "most important" of all the War on Poverty programs he started; American Bar Association president Edward Kuhn said its creation was the most important development in the history of the legal profession. Earl Johnson Jr., a former director of the War on Poverty's Legal Services Program, provides a vivid account of the entire history of civil legal aid from its inception in 1876 to the current day. The first to capture the full story of the dramatic, ongoing struggle to bring equal justice to those unable to afford a lawyer, this monumental three-volume work covers the personalities and events leading to a national legal aid movement―and decades later, the federal government's entry into the field, and its creation of a unique institution, an independent Legal Services Corporation, to run the program. The narrative also covers the landmark court victories the attorneys won and the political controversies those cases generated, along with the heated congressional battles over the shape and survival of the Legal Services Corporation. In the final chapters, the author assesses the current state of civil legal aid and its future prospects in the United States. 
 • Provides a unique resource for law students enrolled in courses on poverty law, professional responsibility, access to justice, and legal history, as well as for professors teaching these subjects
• Enables readers to see how changes in the larger society have brought new challenges to legal aid institutions―or old challenges in new guises
• Presents a comprehensive, informed overview of civil legal aid written from the perspective of a former professor of law, director of the War on Poverty's legal services program, and appellate judge
• Explores the unusual partnership between a governmental program funding civil legal aid lawyers and an outside professional organization dominated by wealthy corporate lawyers, the American Bar Association (ABA), and how the ABA used its political influence and advocacy to protect lawyers serving the poor when they faced opposition in Congress or the White House
• Documents the remarkable impact of legal services lawyers during the War on Poverty era, including the more than 60 cases they won in the United States Supreme Court in just a 7-year span
• Describes how those supporting legal services in some states managed to develop new innovative sources of funding, such as interest earned on lawyers' trust accounts, when federal revenues for civil legal aid dropped during the 1980s and 1990s 
• Provides a revealing case study for those interested in the War on Poverty or other social programs helping the poor

To Establish Justice for All [3 volumes]: The Past and Future of Civil Legal Aid in the United States [3 volumes]

History

Johnson, Earl

Americas

Praeger

More glorious colour photographs of the greatest tow trucks currently being operated around the globe. This new collection features dozens of modern tow trucks along with detailed descriptions of their equipment, special uses, specifications, and histories. The authors' fourth volume on the subject also includes a brief history of the towing industry.

World's Greatest Tow Trucks

Engineering & Transportation

Hawkins, Grace

Automotive

Motorbooks Intl

Justice and Reform is the first study of the origins, philosophy, creation, management, and impact of the Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program. As such, it clearly and concisely describes the Program's role both as an instrument of equal justice and as a strategy for overcoming poverty. Timely, important, and unique, it tells the story behind the OEO Legal Services Program―an endeavor that has been called both the most successful element of the war on poverty and the most stimulating development to occur in the American legal profession during the Twentieth Century. The early chapters in the book reveal the nature and motivations of the two groups which joined to create the Program: the conservative, American Bar Association sponsored 89-year-old legal aid movement and the Ford Foundation-financed neighborhood lawyer experiments that started in 1962 under the direction of young activist lawyers. Why they merged and how they merged forms the background for a description of how the partners persuaded the OEO bureaucracy to start a legal services program and convinced over 200 communities (including most large cities) to set up a federally funded legal assistance agency. Legal Services Program established policy, how it settled upon "law reform" as the priority function of the Program, how it preserved the integrity of its policies within OEO, and how it caused its grantees to engage in law reform. Chapter 8 evaluates, for the first time, the economic, political, and social impact of the Program as of 1972. The final chapter speculates on the future of government-subsidized legal assistance in the United States from the perspective of the OEO program's twin goals of equal justice and social reform.

Justice and Reform: The Formative Years of the OEO Legal Services Program

Reference

Russell Sage Foundation

Justice and Reform: The Formative Years of the American Legal Services Program (Transaction/Society Book Series 28)

Routledge

The World's Greatest Tow Trucks: Volume 6 represents 3 years and thousands of miles of Photographer Earl Johnson's travels around North America and Europe. Check out the latest and greatest, including a monster tow truck that can change from crane to under-lift in 20 minutes! New color schemes, new companies, ALL NEW PAGES in this 116 page all color book. This edition features the antiques of the International Towing and Recovery Museum and Hall of Fame -- all of them!

The World's Greatest Tow Trucks (The World's Greatest Trucks)

Lotus Pubns

Book by Johnson, Earl, Hawkins, Grace M., Johnson, Earl L.

World's Greatest Working Trucks, Vol. 1

Hawkins, Grace M.

Johnson, Earl L.

The World's Greatest Working Trucks, the Best of the Pacific Northwest (The World's Greatest Trucks)

This collection from Earl Johnson, includes colour photographs of the greatest tow trucks currently bein g operated around the world. It features dozens of new model s with detailed descriptions of their equipment, specificati ons and histories. '

The World's Greatest Tow Trucks

Stairwell to Heaven is the first book written by a direct survivor of 9-11. It is the story of the immeasurable depth of courage of the human spirit, measured in fact by each upward step of the rescue personnel. If you have ever wondered how it felt to survive, how it looked, how it smelled, how many acts of heroism, sacrifice and kindness were needed and freely given then look no further. This book is part memoir of the living and part memorial to the fallen.

Stairwell To Heaven: A 9-11 World Trade Center Survivor's Story of Escape, Heroism...and Family

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Finding Comfort is a book about easing grief and trauma after unimaginable horrors - mass shootings, catastrophic natural disasters and terrorist acts. Personal recollections of responding to tragedy, combined with a practical application, Earl Johnson offers readers the tools they need to seek support and offer it to those in need. The book walks through the life-cycle of disaster care from the first hours and days to the years that follow. Having been a care provider in a variety of events, Johnson shares valuable wisdom from those who have worked in the worst situations. Whether you're a first responder, a care professional, a victim of a disaster, a family member, or following a disaster on television or social media, Finding Comfort gives readers guidance and support. Readers don't have to wait for tragedy. this work helps one be prepared through examples and practical suggestions. This book is a ready resource to both those in need looking for help and to those wishing to provide it.

Finding Comfort During Hard Times: A Guide to Healing after Disaster, Violence, and Other Community Trauma

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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