This collection contains one interviews conducted in 2001. The interview is 115 minutes and consists of audio tapes, a typed transcript, and collateral materials.
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
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[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
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James P. White, born in 1931, discusses his legal education and law school experiences, his work with the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General, and his involvement with the American Bar Association, or ABA, primarily as the ABA consultant on legal education. He speaks of the dynamic relationship between the American Bar Association and the American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, as well as problems within the ABA revolving around tensions between practicing lawyers and academic members. In addition, Mr. White comments on the increasing specialization and commercialization in the field of law, and he describes the mission statement of the American Bar Association and the steps it has taken to increase diversity within the profession.