National Legal Services Corporation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Legal Services Corporation Act - Declares that Congress should create a private, nonprofit corporation to encourage the availability of legal services and legal institutions to all citizens of the United States, free from extraneous interference and control. Establishes, under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, a National Legal Services Corporation, subject to the corporate laws of the District of Columbia, which shall not be an agency or establishment of the Federal Government. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity to serve as the incorporating trustee. Directs the trustee to, within sixty days after enactment, establish an initial, eleven member Clients Advisory Council from among persons in existing Legal Services programs who are representative of the client community. Directs the trustee, additionally, to establish an initial Project Attorneys Advisory Council to assist in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Establishes a nineteen-member Board of Directors. Enumerates the method of appointment of the Directors and their terms of office. Authorizes the Board to establish a Clients Advisory Council and a Project Attorneys Advisory Council s…