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Yale Law & Policy Review Volume 17 Issue 1 Yale Law & Policy Review Article 11 1998 The Transformation of Community Legal Services, Inc., of Philadelphia: One Program's Experience Since the Federal Restrictions Catherine C. Carr Alison E. Hirschel Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylpr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Carr, Catherine C. and Hirschel, Alison E. (1998) "The Transformation of Community Legal Services, Inc., of Philadelphia: One Program's Experience Since the Federal Restrictions," Yale Law & Policy Review: Vol. 17: Iss. 1, Article 11. Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylpr/vol17/iss1/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Yale Law & Policy Review by an authorized administrator of Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact julian.aiken@yale.edu.
The Transformation of Community Legal Services, Inc., of Philadelphia: One Program's Experience Since the Federal Restrictions Catherine C. Carr t Alison E. Hirschel' t I. THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION RESTRICTIONS: A MANDATE FOR CHANGE In 1995, the threat of a major cut in federal legal services funding loomed over legal services programs. Conservative members of Congress advocated not only the "Contract with America" and the end of funding to the National Endowment for the Arts, but also the demise of legal services for indigent Americans. Ralph Reed, the Executive Director of the Christian Coalition, compared the end of funding for legal services to Ronald Reagan's firing of striking air traffic controllers: while legal services was a relatively small budget item, its "formidable constituency" meant its demise would be a "dramatic and symbolic" gesture of the triumph of the new conservative government and would help pave the way for further, larger program cuts.' In addition to drastic funding reductions, Congress contemplated imposing unprecedented restrictions on all remaining legal services funding, a change as devastating to legal services programs as the funding cuts themselves. 2 These restrictions prohibited legal services programs from doing much of their most important and efficient work, including litigating class actions on behalf of poor people, addressing welfare reform issues, and advocating for poor clients regarding legislation and regulations that would have wide impact on their lives. Moreover, the proposed restrictions were not limited to programs' federal funds, but would apply to any funds legal services programs received, such as state and local funding, foundation grants, and private contributions. t Executive Director of Community Legal Services, Inc. (CLS), in Philadelphia, PA. ft Former Director of Planning at CLS and the 1997-98 Yale Law School Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellow. 1. A Revolttion or Business as Usual? Republican Control of Congress, HARPER'S MAG., Mar. 1995, at 43, 46. 2. See, e.g., H.R. 1806 and S. 1221, versions of the "Legal Services Reform Bill of 1995." The final version of these restrictions was passed in Pub. L. No. 104-134, § 504, 110 Stat. 1321.
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