Acronym or short name: ABF
Website: http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/
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American Bar Foundation (ABF)
October 7, 2011
Access Across America is the first-ever state-by-state portrait of the services available to assist the U.S. public in accessing civil justice. The report documents, for the nation as a whole and individually for the states who is eligible for assistance and how it is delivered, funded, coordinated and regulated.
American Bar Foundation (ABF)
January 1, 1972
This interim report presents data on the operations of Judicare gathered in fieldwork during June-July 1971. This is part of a larger ABF study of Judicare. Significant numbers of Wisconson residents have benefited from the program, which is viable and valuable.
American Bar Foundation (ABF)
January 1, 1974
This book reviews the history of judicare, how judicare can be used to help the poor, substantive issues in judicare, types of lawyers, and conclusions about how best to reach clients.
American Bar Foundation (ABF), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
August 8, 2014
A new study of the civil justice experiences of the American public, the Community Needs and Services Study, finds widespread incidence of events and situations that have civil legal aspects, raise civil legal issues and are potentially actionable under civil law. Most are handled outside the context of the formal justice system.
American Bar Foundation (ABF), National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Public Welfare Foundation
December 14, 2016
This report found that tenants facing eviction in New York City were able to get significantly better results under an innovative program that uses “court navigators,” who are not lawyers. The New York City Court Navigators Program seeks to address a considerable imbalance in legal representation, since, at the time of the study, approximately 90 percent of tenants did not have a lawyer, while the vast majority of landlords did.
Website: http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/
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Access Across America: First Report of the Civil Justice Infrastructure Mapping Project
Rebecca L. Sandefur, Aaron C. SmythAmerican Bar Foundation (ABF)
October 7, 2011
Access Across America is the first-ever state-by-state portrait of the services available to assist the U.S. public in accessing civil justice. The report documents, for the nation as a whole and individually for the states who is eligible for assistance and how it is delivered, funded, coordinated and regulated.
Wisconsin Judicare: A Preliminary Appraisal
Samuel J. BrakelAmerican Bar Foundation (ABF)
January 1, 1972
This interim report presents data on the operations of Judicare gathered in fieldwork during June-July 1971. This is part of a larger ABF study of Judicare. Significant numbers of Wisconson residents have benefited from the program, which is viable and valuable.
Judicare: Public Funds, Private Lawyers and Poor People
Samuel J. BrakelAmerican Bar Foundation (ABF)
January 1, 1974
This book reviews the history of judicare, how judicare can be used to help the poor, substantive issues in judicare, types of lawyers, and conclusions about how best to reach clients.
Accessing Justice in the Contemporary USA: Findings from the Community Needs and Services Study
Rebecca L. SandefurAmerican Bar Foundation (ABF), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
August 8, 2014
A new study of the civil justice experiences of the American public, the Community Needs and Services Study, finds widespread incidence of events and situations that have civil legal aspects, raise civil legal issues and are potentially actionable under civil law. Most are handled outside the context of the formal justice system.
Roles Beyond Lawyers: Summary and Recommendations of an Evaluation of the New York City Court Navigators Program
Thomas M. Clarke, Rebecca L. SandefurAmerican Bar Foundation (ABF), National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Public Welfare Foundation
December 14, 2016
This report found that tenants facing eviction in New York City were able to get significantly better results under an innovative program that uses “court navigators,” who are not lawyers. The New York City Court Navigators Program seeks to address a considerable imbalance in legal representation, since, at the time of the study, approximately 90 percent of tenants did not have a lawyer, while the vast majority of landlords did.
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