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Fiday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – Noon C 1 Grand Ballroom A

Collaboration: Partnering to Provide Access to Justice. Fiday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – Noon C 1 Grand Ballroom A Sara Galligan, Dakota County Law Library

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Fiday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – Noon C 1 Grand Ballroom A

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  1. Collaboration: Partnering to ProvideAccess to Justice Fiday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – Noon C 1Grand Ballroom A Sara Galligan, Dakota County Law Library Sara chairs the new AALL Special Committee on Pro Bono Partnership. She will spotlight cooperative efforts between law librarians and the providers of pro bono legal assistance. Lisa Rush, Travis County Law Library Lisa will describe her library's experience of collaborating with Texas Bar and legal aid community to create state-wide legal forms Friday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – Noon C 1Grand Ballroom A Sara Galligan, Dakota County Law Library Sara chairs the new AALL Special Committee on Pro Bono Partnership. She will spotlight cooperative efforts between law librarians and the providers of pro bono legal assistance. Lisa Rush, Travis County Law Library Lisa will describe her library's experience of collaborating with Texas Bar and legal aid community to create state-wide legal forms

  2. Outline Sara Galligan • Challenges and Collaboration • Pro Bono Partnerships and Special Committee Findings Lisa Rush • Collaboration Opportunities • Examples from Travis County Sara Galligan • Examples from Minnesota • Resources • Lessons learned

  3. The Challenge to Leadership in the Context of the Access Crisis • An Overwhelmed System • A Near Dead End in Increase in Resources for Legal Aid for the Poor • A Huge Middle Income Service Gap • Lawyers Without Adequate Salaries • Judges Feeling Unappreciated • Court Staff Feel Overwhelmed and Uncertain of Role • Public Dissatisfaction

  4. But: A Broader View of MissionThe Role of Libraries Courts Communities Legal Aid

  5. Law Libraries and the SRL Revolution Impacts on Law Libraries: • Legal Information Resources • Equipment/Technology • Policies/Programs • Education/Training • Relationships/Partnerships

  6. Discussion of Collaboration Issues Issues: • Access to Justice and the Courts • Partnerships with Self Help/Legal Aid/ Website/Library and Pro Bono Resources • Role of Law Libraries

  7. Law Libraries & Courts • Similarities • Shared clientele • Shared limitations • Shared interests • Legal knowledge • Knowledge limits • Differences • Focus on issues • Knowledge • Time spent with SRLS • Scope of assistance • Service clientele

  8. Law Libraries and Legal Aid • What legal aid is looking for • Successful websites • Joint Funding possibilities • Pro bono partnerships

  9. Pro Bono Partnerships and Law Librarians • Special AALL Committee • Types of Libraries and Pro Bono/Survey • National survey of partnering possibilities • SRLN (Self Represented Litigation Network) • Equal Justice Conference--Denver

  10. Special Committee on Pro Bono Partnerships--Charge • Identifystatewide or local projects and suggest ways for law librarians to partner. • Spotlightinitiatives by law librarians in all types of libraries. • Recommendhow AALL can be involved with the SRLN. • Recommend how the work of the committee can be continued. • Briefmembers.

  11. Private Firm -- Research support Types of Libraries State, Court County Self-Help Centers Law School--pro bono initiatives

  12. National Survey • ABA Directory • Legal Aid organizations • Bar Associations • Bar Foundations and others • Findings

  13. Self-Represented Litigants Network(SLRN) • Recommendations to AALL • Law librarians represented • You have been invited to attend the • California and National Conferences on Self Represented Litigants, • San Francisco, • May 14-18, 2007

  14. Initial Members of the SRLN • American Judges Association • American Judicature Society • California Administrative Office of the Courts • Harvard Law School Bellow Sacks Project on the Future of Access to Civil Justice • Law School Consortium Project • Legal Services Corporation • Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts • National Center for State Courts • National Association for Court Management • National Association of IOLTA Programs • National Council of Juvenile and Family Courts • State Justice Institute

  15. The Working Groups of the SRLN • You have have been invited to attend the California and National Conferences on Self Represented Litigants, San Francisco, May 14-18, 2007 • Information, Marketing and Outreach Working Group • Libraries Subgroup • Research and Evaluation Working Group • Best Practices and Models of Excellence Group • Problem Assessment/Triage Working Group • Appropriate Relief Working Group • Overall System Working Group • Funding Working Group

  16. Denver: How to leverage partnerships to increase access to justice Welcome by Governor Ritter Closing speech by Paul Loeb

  17. Delivery Innovations Programming • Management and Diversity Programming • Partners • Pro Bono • Pro Bono – Law School • Resource Development • Substantive Programming • Technology

  18. EJC--Ideas for Law Librarians • Pro Bono Partnerships • Courts • Access to Justice Commissions • Support for volunteer attorneys • New Technologies and Resources • Hotlines, websites, document assembly • LEP • Webcasting • LiveHelp

  19. Collaborate on your state website Your librarian skills are needed! You know: • Indexing • Outreach • Information sources. • Web layout • Plain language • What is needed!.

  20. Collaborate with your courts With the support of your judges & court offices you can: • Develop forms that are approved by your judges. • Bring services for pro se to the courthouse. • Replace lost patron base. Travis County Law Library Self-Help Center

  21. Collaborate with Legal Aid How many people a day do you send to legal aid? • Ask legal aid to office in the library. • Be a helping conduit, not just a referral source. Photo removed

  22. Minnesota Examples • Gates Grant Training—Libraries • County Law Library Programs • Law Library/Self-Help Center Report http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/cllp.html • Hennepin County/Call Center Project

  23. Lessons Learned in Collaboration • Each partner must find value in the partnership • Mission and needs must dovetail • Time is needed to build and shore up the relationship • Funding sources vary but may work for all • Training/dissemination of ideas across areas • Organizational buy-in • Recognition is important!

  24. Highlighted Resources • Selfhelpsupport.org -- on web • Probono.net • Findlegalhelp.org • ABA Pro Bono Directory (www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory.html)

  25. Join a Listserv

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