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Access to Justice

Access to Justice

Equal Justice Under Law. This promise appears on courthouse doors across the land. But it by no means describes what goes on inside them. Equal access to justice is one of America’s most proudly proclaimed principles. And one of its most frequently violated. In theory, the United States is deeply committed to individual rights. Yet few Americans can afford the legal representation necessary to exercise them. Only one percent of the nation’s lawyers serve our poorest citizens, translating to o

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Poor Man\’s Justice Reviews

Poor Man’s Justice

The true story of the author’s encounter with the ‘tangled roots of justice’ – this is the book the justice system doesn’t want you to read!

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The Justice Gap: Whatever Happened to Legal Aid?

The Justice Gap: Whatever Happened to Legal Aid?

On 30 July 1949, the Legal Aid and Advice Act was granted royal assent with the intention of ensuring that anyone who needed legal advice would be able to access it. In this timely book the authors describe the origins and history of legal aid as well as New Labour’s attempts to reform the system years on. They argue that on its 60th anniversary legal aid has fallen short of its original aims. There exists a marked difference between the numbers of cases pursued to enforce rights and the many po

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Equal Justice: the History of The Legal Aid Society

Equal Justice: the History of The Legal Aid Society, narrated by EGMarshall, tells the story of the founding of The Legal Aid Society in 1876 as the first organization in the country to offer free legal services to poor German immigrants. It traces the growth of The Legal Aid Society through the decades as services were extended to all New Yorkers in need of legal services and outlines the support the organization received from prominent figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, first as the New York City Police Commissioner and continued to his years as President of the United States and Charles Evans Hughes, a United States Supreme Court Justice, Governor of New York, and founder and partner of Hughes, Hubbard & Reed LLP. As New York City grew, so too did The Legal Aid Society and the scope of its work to include quality comprehensive representation in three major areas: Civil, Criminal and Juvenile Rights through individual representation and law reform advocacy.

Legal Aid Justice Center

In this documentary by the talented youngsters at Lighthouse Videos, members of the Legal Aid Justice Center staff and our supporter John Grisham talk about the importance of the work of the Legal Aid Justice Center in the communities it serves.