Background
Johnson, Earl was born on June 10, 1933 in Watertown, South Dakot. Son of Earl Jerome and Doris Melissa (Schwartz) Johnson.
Johnson, Earl was born on June 10, 1933 in Watertown, South Dakot. Son of Earl Jerome and Doris Melissa (Schwartz) Johnson.
Bachelor of Arts Economics, Northwestern University, 1955; Master of Laws, Northwestern University, 1961; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1960.
Trial attorney, organized crime section, Department Justice, Washington, Miami, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada, 1961-1964;
deputy director, Neighborhood Legal Services Project, 1964-1965;
deputy director, Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program, 1965-1966;
director, Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program, 1966-1968;
visiting scholar, Center for Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1969;
associate professor, University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, 1969-1975;
director clinical programs, University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, 1970-1973;
professor of law, University Southern California Law Center, 1976-1982;
director Program Study Dispute Resolution Policy, Social Science Research Institute, University of Southern California Law Center, 1975-1982;
associate justice, California Court Appeal, since 1982;
co-director, Access to Justice Project, European U. Institute, 1975-1979. Visiting scholar Institute Comparative Law, U. Florence, Italy, 1973, 75. Robert H. Jackson lecturer National Judicial College, 1980.
Advisory panel Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Corporation, 1976-1980. Legislation impact panel National Academy Sciences, 1977-1980. FacultyAsian Workshop on Legal Superior vena cava syndrome to Poor, 1974.
Member International Legal Center, Legal Superior vena cava syndrome in Developing Countries, 1972-1975. Founder, board member Action for Legal Rights, 1971-1974. President, trustee Western Center on Law and Poverty, 1972-1973, 76-80.
Vice president, chairman of the executive committee California Rural LegalAssistance Corporation, 1973-1974. Executive Committee National Senior Citizens Law Center, 1980-1982. Secretary National Resource Center for Consumers of Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1974-1982;chair National Equal Justice Library.
Committee, 1989-1992. President, board directors Consortium for National Equal Justice Library., Inc., 1992-1995, board member, since 1995. Chair California Access to Justice Working Group, 1993-1996.
Member California Commision on Access to Justice, since 1997.
Board of directors Beverly Hills Bar Foundation, 1972-1973, National Legal Aid and Defenders Association, 1987-1991. Trustee Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation, 1969-1971. Member Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, 1980-1981.
Board visitors U. San Diego Law School, 1983-1986. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1955-1958. Fellow American Bar Foundation (research advising committee since 1995).
Member American Bar Association (committee chairman 1972-1975, special committee resolution minor disputes 1976-1983, county section of individual rights and responsibilities 1990-1991, consortium on legal services and the public 1991-1994), California Bar Association, Los Angeles Bar Association (neighborhood justice center committee 1976-1981), Law and Society Association, National Legal Aid and Defender's Association (board directors 1968-1974), American Academy Political and Social Science, California Judges Association (appellate courts committee 1983-1987, 93-, ethics committee 1985-1989), International Association Procedural Law, Order of Coif.
Married Barbara Claire Yanow, October 11, 1970. Children: Kelly Ann, Earl Eric, Agaarn Yanovitch.