Law Review Articles / Treatises / Other Writings

1. John Rearden, Jr., Appointed Attorneys for Indigent Civil Litigants in Federal Court: The Illinois Experience, 94 Ill. B.J. 369 (2006).

2. 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (In forma pauperis proceedings):

   • Richard B. Gallagher, Gary A. Hughes, Tim A. Thomas, & Dag E. Ytreberg, Annotation, Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Plaintiff, 15 Am. Jur. 2d Civil Rights § 131 (updated Sept. 2008). 

   • Michael B. Mushlin, 3 Rights of Prisoners § 12:24 (3d ed.) (updated Dec. 2009).

   • Kimberly A. Owens, Right to Counsel - The Third Circuit Delivers Indigent Civil Litigants from "Exceptional Circumstances, 39 Vill. L. Rev. 1163 (1994), available at https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2892&context=vlr.

   • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, General Order No. 596: Plan for the Representation of Pro Se Litigants in Civil Cases (2011).

   • James J. Vinch, Mallard v. United States District Court: Section 1915(d) and the Appointment of Counsel in Civil Cases, 51 Ohio St. L.J. 1001 (1990), available at https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/64086/OSLJ_V51N4_1001.pdf.

3. 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5 (Title VII):

   • Kenneth W. Biedzynski et al, 45C Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2218 (database updated Feb. 2010).

   • Janet Boeth Jones, Right of Complainant, Under 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5(f)(1), to Appointment of Attorney in Employment Discrimination Action, 75 A.L.R. Fed. 369 (1985).

   • 3 Emp. Discrim. Coord. Analysis of Federal Law § 125:1 (database updated May 2009).

   • Susan M. Omilian & Jean P. Kamp, 1 Sex-Based Employment Discrimination § 12:5 (database updated Sept. 2009). 

   • American Jurisprudence, Second Edition, Factors Affecting Whether Counsel Will Be Appointed under Title VII or the Americans with Disabilities Act, 19 Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2181 (2015).

4. 50 App. U.S.C.A. § 521 (Protection of servicemembers against default judgments):

   • Matthew Besmer, Appointment Practice Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: The Duties of Court-Appointed Counsel, 43 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. and Pol'y 208 (2009), available with subscription at http://povertylaw.org/node/2306.
   • Christine Zellar Church, The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence in Protection Order Cases Involving the Military, 12 T.M. Cooley J. Prac. & Clinical L. 335 (2010), available at https://www.bwjp.org/assets/documents/pdfs/service_members_civil_relief_act_protecting_victims_of_domestic_violence_in_protection_order_cases.pdf.