Materials from the 2013 Meeting
Materials are organized by breakout program.
Access to Justice in Rural Areas
- Backgrounder on Skype Clinic (Northwest Colorado Legal Services Project & Colorado Legal Services)
- Advertising flyer: 2013 Skype Legal Advice Clinic (Northwest Colorado Legal Services Project & Northwest Colorado Bar Association)
- Rural Outreach Strategies - Montana
The Basics of Access to Justice Commissions
- Access to Justice Checklist — examples projects undertaken by ATJ Commissions throughout the U.S. (ABA)
- Screenshot: homepage of New Mexico Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice website
- Access Brief: Access to Justice Commissions (the National Center for State Courts "Center on Court Access to Justice for All" project)
- Announcement: 2013 Grants to Promote Creation of New Access to Justice Commissions (ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives, with grant funding from the Public Welfare Foundation and Kresge Foundation)
- Press Release: Access to Justice Commission Launches New Pro Bono Fellows Program (Massachusetts Court System)
- Article: "The Justice Gap — Ensuring Access to Justice is a Steep Climb in New Hampshire" (New Hampshire Bar Association)
- Info Sheet: "The Economic Impact of Civil Legal Services — Achieving Justice & Boosting New Hampshire's Economy"
- "The Economic Benefits of Legal Aid" (National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Law School)
- Summary: "Economic Impact of Civil Legal Services in Maryland — Access to Justice Boosts the State's Economy" (Maryland Access to Justice Commission)
- The Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York's Report to the Chief Judge — November 2012
- Screenshot: State Access to Justice Commission — Resources on Structure, Development & Leadership
- Backgrounder: The District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission
Communicating Effectively about ATJ Commissions and Programs
- North Carolina Access to Justice Campaign
- "Grant Makers Need to Help the Poor Fight Legal Injustices" (Mary McClymont, Public Welfare Foundation, from The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 3/28/13)
- Brochure: "Natural Allies: Philanthropy and Civil Legal Aid" (Public Welfare Foundation)
Cy Pres and Other Fundraising Techniques Based on Rule Changes
- Pie chart: Civil Legal Aid Funding by Source (ABA)
- Financial Resources for Civil Legal Aid, 2012 (ABA)
- State-by-state Breakdown: Court Fees, Fines, and State Appropriations for Civil Legal Services (ABA)
- Using Attorney Registration Fees and Bar Dues to Fund Civil Legal Services (ABA)
- State-by-state Breakdown: State Level Bar Dues and Attorney Registration Fee Opt-outs/Add-ons, updated April, 2013 (ABA)
- Pro Hac Vice Funding for Civil Legal Services (ABA)
- Legislation and Court Rules Providing for Civil Legal Services to Receive Cy Pres Residuals, updated May, 2013 (ABA)
- "Cy Pres Awards, Legal Aid and Access to Justice: Key Issues in 2013 and Beyond" (Bob Glaves, Chicago Bar Foundation & Meredith McBurney, ABA; Spring 2013 edition of the Management Information Exchange Journal)
Examining the Civil Right to Counsel As We Celebrate 50 Years of Gideon
Expanding Access through "Unbundled" Legal Services
Pro Bono — New Developments, New State Approaches
The Role of ATJ Commissions in Promoting Language Access and Overcoming Implicit Cultural Bias
Supporting Self-represented Litigants
- Access Brief: Self-Help Services (National Center for State Courts "Center on Court Access to Justice for All" project)
- Access Brief: Forms and Document Assembly (National Center for State Courts "Center on Court Access to Justice for All" project)
- "The Access to Justice 'Sorting Hat': Towards a System of Triage and Intake That Maximizes Access and Outcomes" (Richard Zorza, Denver University Law Review, 2012, Volume 89, Issue 4)
- Conference of Chief Justices Resolution In Support of Expanding Rule 2.2 of the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct to Reference Cases Involving Self-Represented Litigants
- "Turner v. Rogers — The Implications for Access to Justice Strategies" (Richard Zorza, Judicature, 2012, Volume 5, Number 6)
- Self-Represented Litigation Network — Principal Products
