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Research & Evidence for Civil Legal Aid

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This site allows you to access civil legal aid research in one location. The Search & Filter page is a powerful way to focus on exactly what you want. Please feel free to give us feedback. We welcome suggestions for additional research to include.

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The National Center for Access to Justice maintains the excellent Justice Index, which offers in-depth state-by-state comparisons and advanced interactive maps.
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Scientific Polling: How to Talk About Legal Aid

Civil legal aid 9-second soundbite.
In November 2013, Pollster Celinda Lake presented findings and recommendations for building awareness of the role of civil legal aid. Above is the 9-second soundbite. Read the powerpoint. Watch the video.

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Trapped in Marriage

Ellen Degnan, Thomas Ferriss, D. James Greiner, Roseanna Sommers
SSRN
November 28, 2018
This study investigates the effectiveness of a Philadelphia pro bono legal aid initiative to assist individuals pursuing a divorce. While the program was found to be effective, the study provides an in depth analysis of all the factors that come into play. Researchers conducted a randomized control trial (RCT) to measure the relationship between being referred to a pro bono lawyer or being referred to self-help or low pro bono resources on the legal outcome in divorce cases.

Under the Radar: New York State Elder Abuse Prevalence Study

Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Inc., Weill Cornell Medical Center of Cornell University, New York City Department for the Aging
New York Office of Children and Family Services
May 1, 2011
In this study, three community, governmental, and academic partners collaborated to quantify the prevalence of elder abuse in the state of New York. This report discusses the prevalence of elder abuse in New York, the underreporting of elder abuse, and the most common circumstances that surround it. The data was collected from both older respondents and agencies that serve victims of elder abuse. Significantly, the study found that elder abuse is around 24 times greater than those reported cases to social service, law enforcement or legal authorities (p. 2).

The Value of Research

“In the long run, legal aid programs’ investment in randomized study will not only improve services and help direct scarce resources, but will also build public support.

The willingness of the legal aid movement to question itself and change in response will demonstrate to the wider world that our work is, in the end, focused on doing the best we can to help very poor people, in often-desperate circumstances, to improve their lives.”

--Steven Eppler-Epstein, Executive Director of Connecticut Legal Services
Harvard Law Review, 2013

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