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Erlanger, Howard S. – 1976
The effects of participation as a salaried professional in a reform oriented organization on the participants' subsequent career is considered in this paper and studied in the context of the OEO sponsored Legal Services Program. Because of the paucity of literature on the consequences of participation in reform organizations, a related literature,…
Descriptors: Career Change, Community Action, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors

Erlanger, Howard S. – 1976
The characteristics of professionals recruited into the Legal Services Program sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity are examined in this paper. It finds that, contrary to the literature on activist professionals, Legal Services was not dominated by lawyers with elite family and educational backgrounds or with prior commitments to…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Family Characteristics, Family Income, Family Status