Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-240) and index.
Contents:
Equal justice under law : the gap between principle and practice. Defining the goal : access for whom? For what? How much? And who should decide? -- The increasing role of law and the rationale for legal assistance -- The inadequacy of legal assistance -- Self representation and nonlawyer assistance -- The limitations of lawyers' pro bono service -- An agenda for reform -- Litigation and its discontents : too much law for those who can afford it, too little for everybody else. Legal hypochondria : argument by anecdote -- Redefining the problem : inefficiency, inconsistency, and inequity -- Reassessing causes; rethinking solutions -- Historical perspectives : legal rights and social wrongs. Early understandings of access to justice -- The evolution of a right to counsel in criminal proceedings -- Civil legal services for the (deserving) poor -- From clients to causes : pro bono and public interest representation -- Restraints on competition : advertising, solicitation, minimum fees, and group legal services -- Nonlawyer services -- The historical legacy -- Access to what? Law without lawyers and new models of legal assistance. Law without lawyers -- Policing the professional monopoly -- One stop shopping : multidisciplinary practice -- Making lawyers' services more accessible -- Locked in and locked out : the legal needs of low income communities. The challenges of triage : which needs to meet and who should decide -- Critics from the right; critics from the left -- Expanding the scope of legal assistance : more funds, fewer restrictions -- Ensuring an effective system -- Presumed guilty : class injustice and criminal justice. Institutionalized injustice : defense counsel for the poor -- Inadequate responses to inadequate representation -- When the difference is death -- Making rights a reality -- Pro bono in principle and in practice. The rationale for pro bono responsibilities -- The extent of pro bono responsibilities : rules and realities -- The evolution of law school pro bono programs -- Workplace influences on pro bono service : an empirical analysis -- Law school pro bono programs : an empirical analysis -- An agenda for reform : connecting principles to practice -- A roadmap for reform. Government funding and bar pro bono contributions -- Structural changes in dispute resolution and the delivery of legal services -- Accountability -- The Politics of progress.
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