Community Lawyers, Inc. is committed to mentoring, supporting law students and attorneys who help address the gap in access to civil legal services for low and moderate income individuals, small businesses and community organizations.
Below you will find links to organizations and reports that will allow you to better understand the discussion on Access to Civil Justice.
Resources
ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives
ABA Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services
Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project of Harvard Law School
Community Legal Services
For People of Color
International Legal Aid Group
Law School Consortium Project
Legal Services Corporation
Legal Aid Society of Orange County
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
UCLA Law Fellows Program
Reports
The California Commission on Access to Justice, "Action Plan for Justice", State Bar of California (2007)
The California Commission on Access to Justice, "Language Barriers to Justice in California", State Bar of California (2005)
Charn, Jeanne, and Richard Zorza, "Civil Legal Assistance for All Americans", Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project (2005)
Koo, Gene, "New Skills, New Learning: Legal Education and the Promise of Technology", Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society (2007)
Law School Consortium Project, "Law School Network Practitioner Survey Report", Law School Consortium Project (2005)
The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education and the American Bar Foundation. After the JD: First Results of a National Study of Legal Careers, American Bar Foundation (2004)
Legal Services Corporation, "Documenting the Justice Gap in America", Legal Services Corporation (2005)