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Finding Aid to the AIDS Legal Referral Panel Files, 1984-1988
MSS 96-01
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Collection Title: AIDS Legal Referral Panel files,
Date (inclusive): 1984-1988
Collection Number: MSS 96-01
Creator :
AIDS Legal Referral Panel
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box
Linear feet: .5
Repository: The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives and Special Collections
University of California, San Francisco
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
Phone: (415) 476-8112
Fax: (415) 476-4653
Email: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/contactform.html
URL: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/
Abstract: Files produced by the AIDS Legal Referral Panel including annual reports for the years 1987-1991, and subject files containing
correspondence, notes, and reports.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog:
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ .
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manager of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials.
[Identification of item], AIDS Legal Referral Panel Files, MSS 96-01, The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management,
Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF)
AIDS Legal Referral Panel
AIDS (Disease)--United States--History
Donated by the AIDS Legal Referral Panel in May 1996.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Special Collections staff in 1996
The
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) provides access to free and low-cost legal services for people with HIV or an HIV-related legal problem. The panel
also promotes the rights of people with HIV through its Public Policy Program.
ALRP originated in 1983 as a project of
Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF), an organization of lesbian and gay lawyers. In 1985 Clint Hockenberry was hired as the staff person. In 1989 ALRP
became an independent organization with Hockenberry as Executive Director. He continued in this role until his death from
AIDS in early 1992, at which time Kristin Chambers was appointed Executive Director. As the name implies, ALRP is primarily
a referral service for people with legal problems related to AIDS. Callers are interviewed over the phone by ALRP staff to
determine what issues are involved and what kind of help is needed. Clients are then matched with one of the hundreds of ALRP
volunteer attorneys, paralegals, or notaries. Services are generally low cost or free. In 1992, 2,900 of the several thousand
callers were referred to volunteers. ALRP also has a public policy arm which advocates for change in the legislative arena,
in government entitlement programs (such as Social Security), and in other government agencies.
Scope and Content of Collection
This small collection is potentially useful to researchers investigating legal issues surrounding persons with AIDS during
the 1980s. The first file holds ALRP Annual Reports for the years 1987-1991. The rest are subject files containing such documents
as correspondence, notes, and reports.