Jean Camper Cahn

Jean Camper Cahn (May 26, 1935 – January 2, 1991) was an American lawyer and social activist who helped establish federal financing of legal services to the poor. Cahn was the first director of the National Legal Services Program in the O.E.O. and later founded the Urban Law Institute at George Washington University. In 1971, she co-founded the Antioch School of Law (now the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia) with her husband and law associate Edgar S. Cahn.

Jean Camper Cahn
Cahn, from a 1964 publication of the US Department of State
Born
Jean Camper

May 26, 1935
Baltimore, Maryland
DiedJanuary 2, 1991(1991-01-02) (aged 55)
Miami, Florida
Occupation(s)Lawyer, educator, government official
Spouse
(m. 1957)
Children2
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