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      	Law Day Address, New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippmann Calls for guarantee of civil right to counsel, announces creation of Task Force to Expand Civil Legal Services Funding, regional judicial hearings. May 3, 2010 [ more info ]
      	Leadership for Access to Justice: Examples of High-Impact Initiatives by Chief Justices and State Supreme Courts to Increase Funding for Civil Legal Aid, 2010 Prepared by the ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives, December 2010 [ more info ]
      	Illinois Increases State Funding for Legal Aid pressrelease on funding increase, June 2005 [ 06/10/05  |  more info ]
      	Update from PERLS Project 9-20-06 [ more info ]
      	Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald Castille calls for eliminating sunset provision on filing fee to benefit legal aid, permanently increasing funding. Article from Lawyers Journal (7/1/11). [ more info ]
      	Texas Supreme Court leadership in securing $17 million for legal aid, 2011 News stories and documents relating to legislative success, including letter from Chief Justice Jefferson and Justice Hecht to legislature and resolution by legislature commending Supreme Court for leadership. [ more info ]
      	California ATJ Commission Task Force issues model rule on civil right to counsel ("Civil Gideon") draft rule, 11/06 [ more info ]
      	State legislative funding update, September 2007 from PERLS [ more info ]
      	Wyoming Lawmakers Step Up Article by Wyoming Supreme Court Justice E. James Burke from Wyoming Lawyer, April 2010, describing enactment of legislation providing for state funding for civil legal aid in Wyoming. [ more info ]
      	Tough Times, Creative Solutions: New Sources of Funding for the Poor article from ABA Bar Leader magazine, November/December 2004 [ 11/01/04  |  more info ]
      	Wyoming Center for Legal Aid Newspaper article describing creation of new legal aid program. (10/29/10) [ more info ]
      	Letter from Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal to Legislature supporting funding for civil legal aid Feburary 5, 2010. Supports legislation, signed in March 2010, that will generate $1 million+ annually for new civil legal aid program. [ more info ]
      	Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Ralph Gants, remarks at Supporting state legislative funding for civil legal aid. February 22, 2011 [ more info ]
      	Washington Supreme Court Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding Order creating Task Force to study and make recommendations for long-term funding of civil legal aid. [ 11/01/01  |  more info ]
      	New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, leadership in obtaining funding for civil legal aid, FY 2011 Articles about Chief Judge Lippman's extraordinary leadership on legal aid funding. [ more info ]
      	New York CHief Judge Jonathan Lippman, leadership in obtaining funding for civil legal aid, FY 2011 Articles about Chief Judge Lippman's extraordinary leadership on legal aid funding. [ more info ]
      	DC City Council votes $3.2 million for civil legal services, upon recommendation of DC Access to Justice Commission October, 2006 [ more info ]
      	Equal Access Fund: A Report to the Legislature link to report endorsed by California Judicial Council calling for increase in funding for legal aid and self-help support, February 2005 [ 02/23/05  |  more info ]
      	DC public funding press release, FY 2008 Announces inclusion of $3.2 million for civil legal services in FY 2008 budget by DC City Council. [ more info ]
      	Mississippi Supreme Court Distributes $250,000 to Legal Aid Programs Press release, 7/31/07 [ more info ]

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