In this article, the author provides an overview of the problems facing self-represented litigants and how limited scope agreements and unbundled services can help those litigants. She shows how alternative dispute resolution and limited scope representation work together.
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A Medical-Legal Partnership as a Component of a Palliative Care Model
In this evaluation, researchers reviewed program referral and outcomes over three years from an MLP. They found that through the legal services component of the MLP, they overturned 17 benefit denials and the institution received $923,188 for current and past health services.
Nonlawyer Navigators in State Courts: An Emerging Consensus
Researchers at The Justice Lab at Georgetown Law Center surveyed the current national landscape of nonlawyer navigators. They identified and analyzed 23 programs in 15 states and the District of Columbia. The report is based on extensive outreach and interviews with more than 60 informants who created, oversee or manage nonlawyer navigator programs in court settings. The report describes program features and offers practical considerations for creating and implementing such programs.
Evaluation of the Guardian Ad Litem System in Nebraska
In many child dependency cases in Nebraska, the court will appoint a guardian ad litem to advocate for the child. The researchers evaluated five counties in Nebraska. They find that there is a lack of clarity for guardian ad litems, guardians were satisfied with their caseloads, a majority believed their compensation was inadequate, and most of the guardians believed they received insufficient training.
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men
This research article uses the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence survey to examine levels of sexual abuse, physical violence, stalking, and verbal abuse of American Indian and Alaskan Native women and men by their intimate partners.
The State of the Medical-Legal Partnership Field
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership conducted a survey of MLPs and received a response rate of 55 percent. The survey provides an overview of key characteristics of MLPs, the people served by MLPs, the resources associated with operating an MLP, service integration and information sharing, and the ways MLPs advance health and wellbring. NCMLP survey is about the need for partnership between health care system and civil legal aid. This survey also discusses in detail the expected advantages of medical-lagel partnership MLPs. The NCMLP focuses on the benefits that communities families,and individuals can get through medical-legal partnership.
The Juvenile Record Myth
This article discusses the stigma faced by adults with juvenile records and argues the current existing are unsubstantial there needs to be comprehensive alternatives to address issue of confidentiality, expungement, sealing, and nondisclosure statutes to facilitate reintegration.
Study Group on Immigrant Representation: The First Decade
In this transcript of a speech, Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Court, calls out the “deficient representation” of immigrants in the courts. He calls for competent counsel in deportation proceedings.
Securing Equal Justice for All: A Brief History of Civil Legal Aid Assistance in the United States
By: Alan W. Houseman and Linda E. Perle. Published by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Published in May 2018. Link to article Link to PDF Houseman & Perle begin their article with a discussion of the early… Read More ›
Second Chance Reforms in 2017: Roundup of New Expungement and Restoration laws
This report by the Collateral Consequences Resource Center details new laws passed in 2017 that aim to help individuals with criminal records in the workforce. These laws assist with record sealing, limits on employer inquiries into criminal history, and expunging juvenile records.
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