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- ↑ "About Us". New Haven Legal Assistance Association.
- 1 2 "Lawyers: The Missionaries". Time . November 12, 1965. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008.
- 1 2 "History and Mission". New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.
- ↑ "Notable Court Cases". New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.
- ↑ 401 U.S. 371 (1971)
