In New York City in 1876, poor people in the United States first received civil legal aid. The evolving civilization gradually shifted toward social engineering through unrestricted access to justice through three mechanisms. The first was to provide assistance to vulnerable populations; the second was to impose limitations on the use of legal rights granted to the wealthy; and the third was to take away legal rights from the wealthy and equalise the strong and weak before the law. However, the society did not eventually reach its aim as a result of these three processes. There is one type of weakness is not sufficiently shielded by restrictions. Law is not self-executing, thus before a wrong is made right, the power of the society that upholds the law must be used against the offender.

Civil legal assistance for poor people in the United States began in New York City in 1876 with the founding of which of the following bodies?

The Legal Aid Society of New York

In the early years from 1876-1965, Civil legal assistance for poor people in the United States began in New York City in 1876 with the founding of the Legal Aid Society of New York. The legal aid movement caught on in urban areas. By 1965 virtually every major city had some kind of programme. One hundred and fifty-seven organizations had employed over 400 full time lawyers with an aggregate budget of nearly 4.5 million. There was no national programme as such.