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Access to Justice and Technology Ronald W. Staudt

Access to Justice and Technology Ronald W. Staudt. Class 3: The Supply: Legal Services Delivery Systems for Low Income People Guest: Lisa Colpoys, Executive Director of the Illinois Technology Center for Law and Public Interest September 9, 2004. September 9- logistics.

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Access to Justice and Technology Ronald W. Staudt

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  1. Access to Justice and TechnologyRonald W. Staudt Class 3: The Supply: Legal Services Delivery Systems for Low Income People Guest: Lisa Colpoys, Executive Director of the Illinois Technology Center for Law and Public Interest September 9, 2004

  2. September 9- logistics • September 20 (Monday) -- Web exercise and paper topics due • September 16th –no class for holiday • September 23rd – site visits/reports in place of scheduled class • Visit LAFMC, Cook County Advice Desk; CARPLS; Prairie State…reports 9/30 • Next Class, Thursday September 30, Site Visits and reports must be done before this class.

  3. Alan Houseman, Access to Justice Conference September 11, 2001: Civil Legal Assistance for Low-Income Persons: Looking Back and Looking Forward, LexisNexis™ 29 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1213  (2002) • Explore the Legal Services Corporation website: www.lsc.gov

  4. Today’s Session: Legal Services Delivery Systems for Low Income People • Alan Houseman, Access to Justice Conference September 11, 2001: Civil Legal Assistance for Low-Income Persons: Looking Back and Looking Forward, LexisNexis™ 29 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1213  (2002) • Lisa Colpoys: Cook County Hot Line Experience; Leadership of the ITC, a collaboration of “supply” organizations • Discuss Paper topics and site visits

  5. LSC Act of 1974:Five Fundamental Objectives • continuing the "present vital legal services program"; • ensuring "equal access" to our system of justice "for individuals who seek a redress of grievances"; • providing "high quality legal assistance to those who would be otherwise unable to afford adequate legal counsel"; • keeping the legal services program "free from the influence of or use by it of political pressures," • assuring that "attorneys providing legal assistance ... have full freedom to protect the best   interests of their clients in keeping with the [ethics codes] ... and the high standards of the legal profession."

  6. New Plans/ New Methods of Delivery • Coordinated service delivery- one state system • Coordinated Advice and Brief Services • Accessible intake systems • Gateways to State Civil Legal Assistance Systems • TIG grants and Internet tools…

  7. Civil Legal Aid in the United States: An Overview of the Program in 2003 By Alan W. Houseman September 2003

  8. Sources of legal services • www.illinoisprobono.org

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