There he litigated the groundbreaking case Goldberg v. Kelly, which established due process rights for welfare recipients.
The theory of the case was developed by Robert Cover, who was then a student at Columbia and went on to become Wizner's colleague as a professor at Yale Law School.
He then worked from 1967 to 1970 as Managing Attorney with MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York He started teaching at Yale Law School in 1970.
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Race, Religion, Gender & Class 259 (2004) Religious Values, Legal Ethics, And Poverty Law: A Response To Thomas Shaffer, 31 Fordham Urb.
& Pol'y 63 (2003) (with Jane Aiken) Law School Clinic: Legal Education In The Interests Of Justice, 70 Fordham L. Rev.
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