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California Commission on Access to Justice

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California’s Attorney Deserts: Access to Justice Implications of the Rural Lawyer Shortage

California Commission on Access to Justice Task Force
California Commission on Access to Justice
July 1, 2019
In this study, the California Commission on Access to Justice reports on attorney deserts -- places where there are too few attorneys and high numbers of unmet legal needs. They find that attorney deserts are an acute problem in rural areas. This is not a problem concentrated in California -- in the US, approximately 2 percent of small law practices are in rural places, serving approximately 20 percent of the US population.

Disasters in Rural California: The Impact on Access to Justice

California Commission on Access to Justice Task Force
California Commission on Access to Justice
July 1, 2019
This report analyzes how disasters have disproportionately struck rural parts of California. These areas often have higher poverty rates than urban ones, and are typically the slowest to recover from disasters. During disaster and recovery, low-and modest-means communities often do not have access to legal remedies, meaning that recovery is often uneven. This report outlines how legal aid and pro bono assistance help residents in areas of housing, consumer issues, employment, insurance, public benefits, replacing vital records and documents, and accessing FEMA benefits.

Improving Civil Justice in Rural America

Hon. Ronald Robie, Kenneth W. Babcock, and Mary Lavery Flynn
California Commission on Access to Justice
September 1, 2010
The California Commission on Access to Justice analyzes the quality and access to civil justice in rural California, discussing the legal needs, the profile of rural legal assistance, how the courts, self-help centers, and other community organizations can be involved, and how the legal aid community can engage with pro bono. Among other findings, the study finds that housing, labor violations, domestic violence, access to health care and services, legal problems facing the elderly and persons with disabilities, language assistance, and tribal-related issues were the top legal needs of rural Californians.


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Economic Impact/SROI

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Measuring Justice: Difficult Questions

"The research imperative of refining ways to measure justice is important and necessary. Our work as lawyers improves the more we know about our effectiveness and the more our choices are evidence based. Nevertheless, quantifying the work of a lawyer is not easy.
  • "How do we ensure that any measure of justice captures outcomes for both trial-based advocacy and non-trial-based advocacy on behalf of clients, including negotiated outcomes?
  • "How do we quantify the role lawyers play in listening to our clients, explaining the systems in which they operate, and supporting them through often very difficult times in their lives?
  • "How do we ensure that any measure of justice includes a client’s sense of the process as well as the outcome?
  • "How do we make sure that what we measure does not suggest the limits of what is possible or desired?"
--Jane H. Aiken & Stephen Wizner

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