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Eichelbaum, Mel, 1942-

Legal Aid lawyer / Mel Eichelbaum - Pennsauken, NJ : BookBaby, 2019. - VI, 371 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 371).

A time of tragedy and a time of hope -- Our journey south and traveling the Texas trail -- The Alamo city -- The politics and the peregrinus -- What were the odds? -- My Fort Dix adventure -- My dream job begins -- The Texas welfare wars -- A drive to the top -- Ten and a half months to home -- You're in the book -- So why can't girls wear pants? -- The amicus curiae -- A grandparent's dilemma -- Who will speak for the disabled -- Sometimes a loss becomes a win -- We're going to New Orleans -- Food for thought -- A child's a child, no matter how born -- Transitions -- My last hurrah.

"This book entails his memoir detailing the motivational forces and influences that steered him into the legal profession, his journey to becoming a Legal Aid lawyer, and primarily covering the significant civil rights and poverty law reform cases in which he was involved."--

ISBN: 9781543975536 1543975534

Subjects--Personal Names:
Eichelbaum, Mel, 1942-

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jewish lawyers--Texas--Biography.
Lawyers--Texas--Biography.
Legal aid--History--Texas--20th century.
Jewish lawyers.
Lawyers.
Legal aid.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Texas.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
History.

LC Class. No.: KF373 / .E33 2019