Box 11
Container
Contains 19 Results:
Legal practice
File — Box: 11
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes materials from Mr. Idar's years as a private attorney. After graduating from The University of Texas School of Law, he went into practice in Laredo, partnering with Bob Sanchez (his cousin) for a short period in the late 1950s. In the early 1960s, Idar moved to San Angelo and set up an office there. The arrangement of the materials is chronological, and includes materials from later years, as well, when Idar worked for the Attorney General's Office and after.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
Sub-Series — Box: 11
Scope and Contents
MALDEF was begun in San Antonio in 1968. Mr. Idar joined the organization in 1970, and began running the San Antonio office shortly thereafter. At this time, Mario Obledo opened new offices in California. Idar stayed in charge of the San Antonio branch after Obledo resigned as head of the organization and Sanford Rosen became head of all litigation for the branch offices. Idar would resign in 1973 in response to changes that Rosen made to the organizational structure. This...