The new serfs. (Legal Services Corp., includes related article) From: National Review | Date: August 5, 1988| Author: Gallagher, Maggie; Kirkwood, R. Cort | COPYRIGHT 1988 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE NEW SERFS

In 1970 Stephen Elias was a lawyer with a brand-new JD degree and a commitment to serving the poor; he went into legal services. For almost a decade, Elias worked in various legal-aid programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation. He challenged laws restricting welfare eligibility, he organized class-action lawsuits, he did everything but what he had set out to do: help poor clients. "Looking back on it, I don't know what good we did," says Elias, who n...

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