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Claudia Johnson blogs on “Legal Services Policy Research and the Elephant in the Room”
In reading this blog and the American Bar Foundation in Access to Justice, recent report, and other literature, including health policy analysis, I think that as we call for more research about legal services, we need to be clear about … Continue reading
Upside Down Legal Aid Politics in the UK
The UK’s Lord Tebbit was one of Thatcher’s major allies. Yet here he is reported in the Guardian under the headline: Lord Tebbit in fight to save legal aid for children’s medical cases. He appears to be one of the … Continue reading
Claudia Johnson on “The Year in Forms”
The year in legal online forms for the most vulnerable in our society…2011 a recap of increasing access to justice. I listen to the Beatles all the time, and there is this song that asks “what have you done?” that … Continue reading
Posted in Document Assembly, LEP, Pro Bono
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RAND Randomized Study of Murder Representation Shows Much Better Outcomes for Salaried Defenders Than Assigned Counsel
A newly released report from RAND, summarized in a NYT editorial, reports radically better outcomes for public defender represented murder defendants that those assigned to a private lawyer. The Philadelphia study was randomized, removing most of the likely methodological objections. … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Counsel, Criminal Law, Mixed Model, Research and Evalation
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Rothberger Conference Videos — Clear Explanation of Research and Implications
Thanks to the University of Colorado Law School for posting the videos from the Rothgerber Conference last November. There’s lots of good stuff, but no one has time to watch hours and hours of video, so I would encourage you … Continue reading
Posted in Dept. of Justice, Research and Evalation
Tagged California
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Making the Cost Effectiveness Case
Pro Bono Net’s LawHelp Interactive project has out a nice example of what in business they call a “customer case study.” Its a two pager describing the impact on the New York courts of their deployment of document assembly. Key … Continue reading
Posted in Document Assembly, Technology
Tagged Cost Benefit
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Larry Tribe Nails it on Layers and Judicial Supremacy
Larry Tribe lays it out simply, as reported in the New York Times.. “I think part of the advantage I have is I’m not a lawyer,” Mr. Gingrich said Sunday on “Face the Nation” on CBS. “And so as a … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Justice Generally, Supreme Court
Tagged Judicial Supremacy, Laurence Tribe
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Some Analysis of the New Language Access Standards
As previously blogged, the agreement between CCJ/COSCA and the Language Access Group of SCLAID is a major milestone for access (Revised Standards here; CCJ/COSCA Resolution here). Having the courts on the same page as language access advocates changes the whole … Continue reading
Posted in Dept. of Justice, LEP
Tagged indigency
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Democratization of Decision-Making — Implications for Access to Justice Institutions
Tom Friedman in the NY Times, argues that both both companies and counties, the old top down decision-making and leadership systems are obsolete. The main driver, I believe, is the merger of globalization and the Information Technology revolution. Both of … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Court Management, Dept. of Justice, Technology, Transparency
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ABA Language Access Project and Conferences of Chiefs and Court Administrators Agree on Proposed Langauge Access Standards
This is great news. The ABA Language Access Project of SCLAID and the Conference of Chief Justices, and the Conference of State Court Administrators have agreed on Language Access Standards. (Or, to be more precise, the Standards go before the … Continue reading
Posted in Court Management, LEP
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Lawyers at the Mall — and Indeed Why Not
The Palm Beach Post reports on the foreclosure laywer booth at the Mall in Palm Beach County Florida.. Through the end of the year, The Law Booth is offering free 15-minute consultations. Normal pricing includes $25 for a general consultation, … Continue reading
Lovely Video on New Health Care Rights Initiative Developed With Help From CUNY’s Community Legal Resource Network’s Incubator
The CUNY Legal Resource Network is the group pioneering law school incubators, and this is in the same spirit. Here is the description of the Health Care Rights Initative. Here is the video: More on the Network: The Community Legal … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Income, Systematic Change
Tagged Healh Law, Incuabators
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Claudia Johnson Bloggs on Online Interviewing Issues
Claudia writes: The recent post here on online document assembly and the corollary issue of online interviewing techniques triggered may thoughts I want to share w/the readers of this blog. Online interviewing techniques in legal aid, is a very new … Continue reading
One Year of Blogging — Some Reflections on the Year in Access to Justice
Today is the first anniversary of this blog. 306 posts, over 16,000 web views (and maybe the same number of subscriber push views), and counting. Please celebrate with me by passing the word, and by encouraging folks to use the … Continue reading
Justice Breyer Urges Debate on Need for Triage and Generally Urges Experimentation
Today was the NLADA Centennial Conference Awards Luncheon. Supreme Court Justice Breyer, Attorney General Holder and Congressman John Lewis spoke. An impressive list and a powerful moment. Innovation advocates will be encouraged to learn that in the course of a … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Counsel, Supreme Court
Tagged Breyer
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