A Short Review of Poverty Law Advocacy

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This article provides a brief review of major trends in poverty law advocacy from the inception of legal aid to the present. It explains why the role of the legal services attorney has shifted from the litigator of constitutional issues in federal court to an advocate for the poor in legislative and administrative proceedings.

By Alan W. Houseman From November 1991