Symposium: Civil Legal Representation and Access to Justice: Breaking Point or Opportunity for Change
Materials from the day-long symposium--Civil Legal Representation and Access to Justice: Breaking Point or Opportunity for Change--are now available. The Symposium was sponsored by the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law, University of Washington School of Law, and Gonzaga University School of Law.
It was held on Feb. 19, 2010. Panels addressed Why a Right to Representation: Laying the Foundation, Addressing the Unmet Need: How and Whereto, Special Populations and Proceedings and Access to Justice: Representation to Overcome Special Access Barriers, and Modeling Justice: Achieving Justice Through Standards Lessons Learned from the U.S. Indigent Defense Experience and Civil Representation Internationally.
Access to Justice: A Right to Counsel in Civil Cases was an Oct. 2009 conference sponsored by the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity at the University of North Carolina School of Law. Materials from the conference, including audio and video, are available on the Center's website.
NLADA Annual Conference 2008
Workshop on "The Right to a Lawyer in Civil Cases:A Powerful Tool to Combat the Feminization of Poverty"
ABA Section on Litigation Access to Justice Symposium, Dec. 2008
- Remarks of ABA President-Elect Carolyn B. Lamm
- Address by Presiding Judge Gail S. Tusan, Family Division, Superior Court, Fulton County (Atlanta, Georgia)