Needs Assessments and Impact Studies

The ABA has produced a number of works assessing the ability of poor or moderate income people to use the justice system to obtain assistance with problems. Since then, a number of states have produced their own needs assessments and impact studies. The state reports are collected below on this page. Also, here are several national examinations of legal needs and access to justice.

• Summary of economic impact studies
• Legal Needs and Civil Justice: A Survey of Americans
• Agenda for Access: The American People and Civil Justice - Final Report on the Implications of the Comprehensive Legal Needs Study
• Access Across America (2011)

Also, see the Legal Services Corporation page on Needs Assessment and Priority Setting

IOLTA Workshop Materials

View the below related presentation materials from the Summer 2016 IOLTA workshops, which took place in San Francisco, California.

Community Services Analysis LLC: Economic Impact and Social Return on Investment Reports. Company Information and Services Summary

Donna Southwell, Director of Policy Analysis at Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation: The Do-It-Yourself Economic Benefits Report

Mary Irvine, Director of External Affairs for the North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission: North Carolina's Economic Impact Report

Neil Steinkamp, Managing Director, Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services, Stout Risius Ross, Inc: Presentation Materials

State Needs Assessments and Impact Studies