Word: reformed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fight for restoration of the depletion-allowance cuts on the Senate floor, and liberals will attempt to soften the restrictions on foundations. A conference committee will have to resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Still, ultimate passage of some kind of relief and reform bill is certain. Although it believes the Senate version will result in less short-term revenue loss, the Treasury Department has placed its imprimatur on both bills. Few Congressmen or Senators will be able to face their constituents in next year's elections unless they can show that they...
Cambridge's Community Legal Assistance Office (CLAO) has been relatively active in the area of law reform since its founding, said former director John M. Ferron '59, lecturer on Law at the Harvard Law School and now chairman of the faculty committee concerned with the office...
Such cases, commonly termed "law reform" cases, primarily include test cases and those involving groups of poor people, such as tenants suing a landlord...
Ferren attributes CLAO's ability to spend so much time on law reform to the fact that the office has over 100 Harvard law students assisting it. Nationally, concern with law reform may mean that legal aid offices will have to begin turning away individuals seeking counsel...
...reform cases actually comprise a very small number of CLAO's total case-work. But because these few cases require a much greater amount of time than the average civil case, they form a much larger part of the office's workload than their numbers would suggest...