{"id":1067,"date":"2022-01-31T20:40:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/uncategorized\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:29:39","slug":"in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reflection on the impact of Edgar Cahn from CLASI Executive Director, Daniel Atkins:<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Cahn and his wife, Jean Camper Cahn, wrote a seminal law review article in the Yale Law Journal in the 1960\u2019s that became the blueprint for the modern day legal services movement.\u00a0 \u00a0They envisioned powerful law offices for poor people working to dismantle the systemic disenfranchisement of people who are poor and people of color.\u00a0 They went on to found Antioch Law School, which, in its heyday, produced the largest number of legal aid lawyers of any law school in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Cahns were the intellectual and spiritual founders of the legal services movement.\u00a0 I, personally, feel a huge debt of gratitude to them for what they stood for, what they accomplished, and for what they inspired and taught others to do.\u00a0 \u00a0One of my most important mentors (Neil Himelein) was an Antioch graduate and it is important to recognize that we, all who do this work today, are likely just a few degrees of separation from the Cahns.<\/p>\n<p>Read Edgar&#8217;s obituary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/27\/us\/edgar-s-cahn-dead.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Edgar and Jean <a href=\"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A-PERFECT-COMBINATION-OF-CHUTZPAH-AND-SOUL_-The-Washington-Post.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reflection on the impact of Edgar Cahn from CLASI Executive Director, Daniel Atkins: Edgar Cahn and his wife, Jean Camper Cahn, wrote a seminal law review article in the Yale Law Journal in the 1960\u2019s that became the blueprint for the modern day legal services movement.\u00a0 \u00a0They envisioned powerful law offices for poor people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clasi-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn - Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn - Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A reflection on the impact of Edgar Cahn from CLASI Executive Director, Daniel Atkins: Edgar Cahn and his wife, Jean Camper Cahn, wrote a seminal law review article in the Yale Law Journal in the 1960\u2019s that became the blueprint for the modern day legal services movement.\u00a0 \u00a0They envisioned powerful law offices for poor people [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommunityLegalAidSociety\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-31T20:40:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-09T15:29:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"691\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CLASI Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DECLASI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DECLASI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CLASI Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"CLASI Staff\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/127a150f2f284cd4d07644da5e957743\"},\"headline\":\"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-31T20:40:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-09T15:29:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"CLASI Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/\",\"name\":\"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn - Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-31T20:40:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-09T15:29:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg\",\"width\":504,\"height\":691},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/clasi-updates\\\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CLASI Updates\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/news-and-stories\\\/category\\\/clasi-updates\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Community Legal Aid Society Inc.\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Community Legal Aid Society Inc.\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/clasi-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/clasi-logo.png\",\"width\":1142,\"height\":564,\"caption\":\"Community Legal Aid Society Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/CommunityLegalAidSociety\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DECLASI\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/community-legal-aid-society-inc.\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/de_clasi\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/declasi.bsky.social\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/127a150f2f284cd4d07644da5e957743\",\"name\":\"CLASI Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f345ecbfbeb6f6fa4ce99c29bc83db59c3842debc4285f851d03997385717fbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f345ecbfbeb6f6fa4ce99c29bc83db59c3842debc4285f851d03997385717fbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f345ecbfbeb6f6fa4ce99c29bc83db59c3842debc4285f851d03997385717fbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CLASI Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.declasi.org\\\/es\\\/news-and-stories\\\/author\\\/clasistaff\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn - Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn - Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.","og_description":"A reflection on the impact of Edgar Cahn from CLASI Executive Director, Daniel Atkins: Edgar Cahn and his wife, Jean Camper Cahn, wrote a seminal law review article in the Yale Law Journal in the 1960\u2019s that became the blueprint for the modern day legal services movement.\u00a0 \u00a0They envisioned powerful law offices for poor people [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/","og_site_name":"Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommunityLegalAidSociety","article_published_time":"2022-01-31T20:40:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-09T15:29:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":504,"height":691,"url":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"CLASI Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DECLASI","twitter_site":"@DECLASI","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CLASI Staff","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/"},"author":{"name":"CLASI Staff","@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#\/schema\/person\/127a150f2f284cd4d07644da5e957743"},"headline":"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn","datePublished":"2022-01-31T20:40:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-09T15:29:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/"},"wordCount":193,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg","articleSection":["CLASI Updates"],"inLanguage":"es-ES"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/","url":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/","name":"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn - Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-31T20:40:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-09T15:29:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es-ES","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Edgar-and-Jean.jpg","width":504,"height":691},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/clasi-updates\/in-memory-of-edgar-s-cahn\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CLASI Updates","item":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/category\/clasi-updates\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"In Memory of Edgar S. Cahn"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/","name":"Community Legal Aid Society Inc.","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es-ES"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#organization","name":"Community Legal Aid Society Inc.","url":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clasi-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clasi-logo.png","width":1142,"height":564,"caption":"Community Legal Aid Society Inc."},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommunityLegalAidSociety","https:\/\/x.com\/DECLASI","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/community-legal-aid-society-inc.\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/de_clasi\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/declasi.bsky.social"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.declasi.org\/#\/schema\/person\/127a150f2f284cd4d07644da5e957743","name":"CLASI Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-ES","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f345ecbfbeb6f6fa4ce99c29bc83db59c3842debc4285f851d03997385717fbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f345ecbfbeb6f6fa4ce99c29bc83db59c3842debc4285f851d03997385717fbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f345ecbfbeb6f6fa4ce99c29bc83db59c3842debc4285f851d03997385717fbc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CLASI Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/author\/clasistaff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}