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Important Research on Benefits of Plain Language Court Orders And Translation
This research, funded under the LSC TIG program through a grant to TRLA, conducted in Austin, Texas, by NPC Research on the impact of plain language and translated court documents could be very helpful indeed. (Disclosure: I have been involved … Continue reading
New York Making Big Progress on Multi-Lingual Court Orders
Many of us have long believed that creating multi-lingual court orders could have a big impact on compliance and court efficiency. The New York courts have recently started taking big steps in that direction. As the press release says: In … Continue reading
Posted in Court Management, Document Assembly, Domestic Violence, LEP, Technology
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Ohio Supreme Court Task Force Recommends “Access to Justice Impact Statement” Requirement
The Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Access to Justice has included among other great proposals, a new and exciting idea in its Recommendations, which would be to require an “Access to Justice Impact Statement” before any changes in the … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Court Management, LEP
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Guest Post From Sherna Deamer on Making Justice Truly Blind — Where it Should Be
This blog loves to share provocative “out of the box” ideas that can get conversation going. Here is one on how to remove some of the unconscious cultural and ethnic bias in our legal system. It comes from Sherna Deamer, … Continue reading
Posted in Court Management, Judicial Ethics, LEP, Research and Evalation
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What Might a National Expungement Strategy Look Like?
There is now pretty wide bi-partisan and multi-regional agreement that we have to make the re-entry of the convicted into society much easier, and that expunging prior criminal records will be an important part of this initiative. While lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Criminal Law, Defender Programs, Dept. of Justice, expungement, Legal Aid, LEP
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Some Observations on the Newly Updated Justice Index
The National Center for Access to Justice recently put in place a number of corrections offered by 21 states to the Justice Index, so its time to take a look and see what we learn. The most important point is … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Counsel, Access to Justice Generally, Forms, Justice Index, Legal Aid, LEP, Plain Language, Self-Help Services
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Michigan Judge Inadvertantly Underlines Need for Changes in Language Access
In a week during which we have been given another opportunity to reflect upon the benefits of integrating people from all backgrounds into our richly varied country, we are — albeit unintentionally — reminded by a Michigan Judge of how … Continue reading
Posted in Judicial Ethics, LEP
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NY Comission on Judicial Conduct Criticizes Judge For Failing to Recognize Need for Interpreter
It has been my experiencce that judges are far more anxious about the risk of adverse action from a judicial conduct than of an appellate reversal, no matter how harshly worded. So it may be particularly significant that the New … Continue reading
Posted in Judicial Ethics, LEP
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How Could Interpreter Costs Be Understood So That They are Not In Conflict With ATJ Goals
A recent excellent New York Times article by Fernanda Santos about how the push to provide interpreters is putting strain on court budgets, and forcing delay or reduction of other expenditures, highlights the long term costs of state inattention to … Continue reading
Posted in Court Management, Funding, LEP, SRL Statistics
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California Chief Focuses on Self-Help Centers in State of Judiciary Speech
We all know that under former CJ Ron George, California was a pioneer in access to justice and self-help services. So it is wonderful to see that his successor, Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye shares that commitment and understands the breadth … Continue reading
Posted in LEP, Planning, Self-Help Services, State of Judiciary Speeches
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DOJ Day Highlights Integration of ATJ and LEP Approaches
On Friday at the Department of Justice, the Civil Rights Division launched its Language Access Planning and Technical Assistance Tool. While the tool itself, introduced with great skill by Deeana Jang, Chief, Federal Coordination and Compliance Section,Civil Rights Division, is … Continue reading
A Big Day — The Justice Index is Launched
The Justice Index, the pioneering state by state index of access to justice measures, developed by a partnership led by the National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Law School, is up, and its very well worth the wait. … Continue reading
Claudia Johnson on NLADA
I (Claudia) went to my 13th or 14th NLADA this year, excited to go to Los Angeles. Yelp—showed many local places of interest-and top of my list was visiting the LA public library after workshop hours (of course!)—they are open … Continue reading
Posted in Legal Aid, LEP, Meetings, Technology
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