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LSC Adds “Outside” VP for Grants Management With Extensive Public-Private Partnership Experience
LSC’s appointment of new VP for Grants Management has been reported before. But it is still probably worth underlining what a significant and welcome departure it is to bring in someone who has perspectives way beyond the legal aid world, … Continue reading
West Wing Revisited — Cast Shoots Ad in Support of Voting on Non-Partisan Judicial Elections — and One Particular Michigan Supreme Court Candidate
This is pretty newsworthy, regardless of who you might support in a judicial election. The West Wing cast reunites to shoot an ad (here — just shown on the MS-NBC program “The Last Word)” in support of the idea that … Continue reading
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New York Bar Application Pro Bono Requirment Gets Attention
The New York Courts have finalized the bar applicant mandatory pro bono rules. The National Center for Access to Justice blogs with the details and links here. But the bigger picture news is how much attention this has gotten. Look … Continue reading
Thougths on Outcomes in a Research Agenda
Recently, I blogged about the planned NSF-funded Workshop on a research agenda for access to justice. I thought perhaps a few more thoughts are in order, this time on outcomes. Lurking in justice system research is always the basic question … Continue reading
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Prosecutors Undercut their Legitimacy and Thus the Rule of Law
In a wonderfully understated story, last Sunday’s New York Times reports on the hard-to-believe practice of DAs allowing collection agencies to use their letterhead in collection efforts without the DAs making any effort to verify the asserted debt. The [letters] … Continue reading
Transformative Fact Sheet from Laura Abel, National Center for Access to Justice, in Economic Benefits of Legal Aid
I almost never use the phrase “must see,” but here is the exception that proves the rule. Laura Abel has prepared a documented two-pager on Economic Benefits of Civil Legal Aid. Headlines (all documented): Civil legal aid saves public money … Continue reading
How Should We Define the Non-Advocacy Services Provided by Courts and Others — Canda Moves to Expand the Wording
While there is broad agreement that there should be a clear verbal distinction between he adversarial/advocacy services provided by lawyers, and the neutral services provided by courts and others to assist litigants navigate the system, there is less complete agreement … Continue reading
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On the Value of Webinars and Cross-Silo Outreach
As you may know, last week there was a webinar on the potential of libraries for access to justice. I can now share some of the comments from the evaluations. The comments show just how valuable this kind of cross-silo … Continue reading
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Important Video on Why Grantmakers Should Support Legal Aid
As you may know, the Public Welfare Foundation has been making access to justice grants. The President of PWF, Mary McClymont has also been making a major effort to talk to her funder colleagues about the importance of supporting legal … Continue reading
Call for Submissions for “Future Trends in State Courts”
The National Center for State Courts has put out a Call for Submissions for its Future Trends in State Courts publication. This book (which is also available online) is widely read and influential in the court world. It has often … Continue reading
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Washington Post Article Asks if Facebook History Can be Used in Dream Applications
Its a question that underlines how our views of evidence are going to change with our views of privacy. Link here. To qualify, Cabrera-Matute must prove that he has lived in the United States since graduating last year from Friendly … Continue reading
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Thursday Webinar on Libraries and Access to Justice
This is the first of the series of Pro Bono Net webinars on libaries and access to justice, coming up next Thursday. It obviously helps move forward an important part of the agenda. I understand that lots of people are … Continue reading
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National Science Foundation Funds Workshop on “Access to Civil Justice — Reenvisoning and Reinvigorating Research”
This is a very major step forward. On December 7 and 8, in Chicago, the American Bar Foundation, with NSF funding, will be conducting a two day event on research into access to justice. The scheduling is planed to facilitate … Continue reading
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Claudia Johnson Guest Blogs on Information About LEP Services
I (Claudia) recently hosted a webinar on technology to assist self represented litigants as part of the LSNTAP webinar series. In preparing for the webinar it was evident that videos and visual tools are one of the strongest emerging trends. … Continue reading
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Discharging Student Loans — Self-Represented Effectiveness
The NY Times has an interesting article on how few student loans are discharged in bankruptcy — actually an additional procedure with different standards is needed. There’s a debate about whether the problem is lack of attempts, or the admittedly … Continue reading
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