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The Resource Center provides information and technical assistance to advocates engaged in expanding funding for civil legal aid.

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Resources on Civil Legal Aid Funding

Documents and Models

• Natural Allies: Philanthropy and Civil Legal Aid
• NEW – Information about civil legal aid in the U.S., prepared by the ABA Resource Center:
  • U.S. Civil Legal Aid Programs by Type
  • U.S. Civil Legal Aid Funding by Source
  • States with State Legislative Funding for Civil Legal Aid
  • States with Funding for Civil Legal Aid through Bar Dues and Attorney Registration Fees, Mandatory and Voluntary

• Conference of Chief Justices Resolution in Support of State Supreme Court Leadership in Increasing Funding for Civil Legal Assistance.
  

• Innovative Fundraising Ideas for Legal Services
  

  Extensive list of potential fundraising initiatives, range of options for action by the bar and legal services providers. Available in two versions:

  Innovative Fundraising Ideas for Legal Services - 2004 Edition (Hardcover)
  

  Spiral-bound hardcover edition for $1 (plus S & H).

  Innovative Fundraising Ideas for Legal Services – 2004 Edition (PDF)
  

  Online edition, freely downloadable.

• Access to Justice Commissions and Resource Development
  

  Article appearing in MIE Journal authored by Meredith McBurney, Resource Development Consultant for the ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives and the Management Information Exchange.

• Documents on the Economic Benefits of Civil Legal Aid

Access to Justice Headlines

Current News about Legal Aid Funding

Maryland Access to Justice Commission study documents benefits of civil legal aid to state's economy.
Full report. (1/8/13)

Report on "Funding Justice: Strategies and Messages for Restoring Court Funding" from National Center for State Courts includes lessons applicable to civil legal aid. (12/15/12)

Public Welfare Foundation advocates for increased support for civil legal aid by private philanthropic foundations. (11/12/12)

Video interview on civil legal aid with PWF President Mary McClymont. (9/12/12)

Economic Benefit of Civil Legal Aid: Fact Sheet by Laura Abel, Cardozo Law School. (9/5/12)

More Headlines on Civil Legal Aid Funding

Updated: 02/11/2013