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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 ]
      	Texas Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson 2009 State of the Judiciary Address Highlights civil legal aid funding crisis [ more info ]
      	Handling Cases Involving Self-Represented Litigants: A Benchguide for Judicial Officers California Administrative Office of Courts, January 2007. [ more info ]
      	Delaware Supreme Court, Fairness for All Task Force, Report and Recommendations September 2009. Recommendations cover increasing support for self-represented litigants and expanding access to legal assistance. [ more info ]
      	New Mexico Supreme Court Order 8-27-07 adoptes recommendations of Access to Justice Commission concerning Pro Se; Pro Bono; Statewide Delivery of Legal Services; and IOLTA; delegates implementation to Commission and assumes oversight. [ more info ]
      	New York State Courts Access to Justice Program, 2011 Report. Includes reports on DIY forms/document assembly initiatives, volunteer lawyer of the day programs, mobile self-help center. [ more info ]
      	Massachusetts launches pilot project allowing pro se litigants access to attorneys on a limited representation basis. Artcile, October 2006 [ 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 ]
      	Access to Justice and Self-Help Program Stakeholder Analysis Working paper for the NLADA/AARP Evaluation Meeting (March 11-12, 2002) [ 03/11/02  |  more info ]
      	Pro Se/Self Help Innovation Research and Evaluation Questions Working paper for the NLADA/AARP Evaluation Meeting (March 11-12, 2002) [ 03/11/02  |  more info ]
      	Analysis of Pro Se Innovation Goals by Substantive Area Working paper for the NLADA/AARP Evaluation Meeting (March 11-12, 2002) [ 03/11/02  |  more info ]
      	Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Ralph Gants, remarks on need for legal aid funding Delivered at annual "Walk to the Hill," January 2012 [ more info ]
      	CCJ Resolution in Support of Increased LSC Funding Conference of Chief Justices' resolution on support for increased LSC funding. 2009. [ more info ]
      	Texas Supreme Court hearing on access to justice yields broad media coverage and editorial support for civil legal aid complete media report on 9/8/04 hearing [ 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 ]
      	Hawaii Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald, 2011 remarks at Access to Justice Conference Reviews progress and challenges on Access to Justice. June 24, 2011 [ more info ]
      	State Supreme Courts as ATJ Leaders Session Materials-New Hampshire This packet was distributed at the 2009 Equal Justice Conference. [ more info ]
      	State Supreme Courts as ATJ Leaders Session Materials-Mississippi These materials were distributed at the 2009 Equal Justice Conference. [ more info ]
      	State Supreme Courts as ATJ Leaders Session Materials-Tennessee These materials were distributed at the 2009 Equal Justice Conference [ more info ]

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