Access to Justice

Contents......Page 10
1 Equal Justice Under Law: The Gap between Principle and Practice......Page 16
Defining the Goal: Access for Whom? For What? How Much? And Who Should Decide?......Page 18
The Increasing Role of Law and the Rationale for Legal Assistance......Page 20
The Inadequacy of Legal Assistance......Page 24
Self-Representation and Nonlawyer Assistance......Page 27
The Limitations of Lawyers’ Pro Bono Service An Agenda for Reform......Page 29
2 Litigation and Its Discontents: Too Much Law for Those Who Can Afford It, Too Little for Everyone Else......Page 37
Legal Hypochondria: Argument by Anecdote......Page 39
Redefining the Problem: Inefficiency, Inconsistency, and Inequity......Page 44
Reassessing Causes; Rethinking Solutions......Page 51
Early Understandings of Access to Justice......Page 60
The Evolution of a Right to Counsel in Criminal Proceedings......Page 62
Civil Legal Services for the (Deserving) Poor......Page 71
From Clients to Causes: Pro Bono and Public Interest Representation......Page 77
Restraints on Competition: Advertising, Solicitation, Minimum Fees, and Group Legal Services......Page 82
Nonlawyer Services......Page 87
The Historical Legacy......Page 90
4 Access to What? Law without Lawyers and New Models of Legal Assistance......Page 92
Law without Lawyers......Page 94
Policing the Professional Monopoly......Page 100
One Stop Shopping: Multidisciplinary Practice......Page 104
Making Lawyers’ Services More Accessible......Page 109
5 Locked In and Locked Out: The Legal Needs of Low-Income Communities......Page 116
The Challenges of Triage: Which Needs to Meet and Who Should Decide......Page 118
Critics from the Right; Critics from the Left......Page 121
Expanding the Scope of Legal Assistance: More Funds, Fewer Restrictions......Page 125
Ensuring an Effective System......Page 130
6 Presumed Guilty: Class Injustice in Criminal Justice......Page 135
Institutionalized Injustice: Defense Counsel for the Poor......Page 136
Inadequate Responses to Inadequate Representation......Page 144
When the Difference Is Death......Page 150
Making Rights a Reality......Page 155
7 Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice......Page 158
The Rationale for Pro Bono Responsibilities......Page 159
The Extent of Pro Bono Responsibilities: Rules and Realities......Page 165
The Evolution of Law School Pro Bono Programs......Page 169
Workplace Influences on Pro Bono Service: An Empirical Analysis......Page 173
Law School Pro Bono Programs: An Empirical Analysis......Page 186
An Agenda for Reform: Connecting Principles to Practice......Page 191
8 A Roadmap for Reform......Page 198
Government Funding and Bar Pro Bono Contributions......Page 199
Structural Changes in Dispute Resolution and the Delivery of Legal Services......Page 202
Accountability......Page 204
The Politics of Progress......Page 206
Notes......Page 208
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