Reports and Tools
Communicating with Lawyers about Civil Legal Aid: Highlights of 2014 Research Among Lawyers (conducted for Voices by Lake Research Partners and The Tarrance Group)
Findings of the 2013 Public Opinion Research on Civil Legal Aid (conducted for Voices by Lake Research Partners and The Tarrance Group)
- Video of Celinda Lake presenting these research findings
Voices for Civil Justice Media & Messaging Toolkit
Sample media release for client images/videos and stories
The Anti-Poverty Effects of Civil Legal Aid (2014, by Alan Houseman and Elisa Minoff)
Americans’ Experience with Civil Justice Problems and the Role of Civil Legal Assistance
(Talking points by Rebecca L. Sandefur, from a research presentation to the inaugural meeting of the While House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable, February 29, 2016)
LegalAidResearch.org site by National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
American Bar Association (ABA) Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives
Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Toolkit
Legal Services Corporation (LSC) “By the Numbers 2013 and LSC Fact Books (2004-present)
LSC Program Profiles (information on LSC-funded legal aid organizations)
Natural Allies: Philanthropy and Civil Legal Aid
Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Justice (convened by the Legal Services Corporation)
Securing Equal Justice for All: A Brief History of Civil Legal Assistance (revised 2007), by Alan W. Houseman and Linda E. Perle
- Civil Legal Aid in the United States – An Update for 2013, by Alan W. Houseman
The Justice Index (created by the National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Law School)
Organizations & Blogs
Access to Justice Initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice
ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Law School
National Center for State Courts
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
Public Welfare Foundation, Special Initiative on Civil Legal Aid (includes video of foundation President Mary E. McClymont explaining why civil legal aid is a critically important area for philanthropy to support.