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October 17, 2008
Symposium Description
The Roadmap to Justice Project is a national effort to chart key policy priorities in enhancing access to justice by those who need it most.
Along with institutional co-sponsor, Suffolk University Law School, and co-convening organization, the Sokolove Charitable Fund, the 2008-09 Roadmap to Justice initiative will feature the following events:
Fall 2008
East Coast Working Symposium - Boston, MA
Friday, October 17
Suffolk University Law School
Spring 2009
West Coast Working Symposium - Stanford, CA
Friday, March 27
Stanford Law School
Summer 2009
Roadmap to Justice Conference - Stanford, CA
July 2009
Stanford Law School
Participants and additional information will be available in the weeks prior to each event.
If you would like more information on this project or are interested in taking part in the conference scheduled for the summer of 2009, please contact us at legalprofession@law.stanford.edu.
Website
Related Media
- Examples of State Access to Justice Commissions, By Robert Echols
- Mobilizing Judges, Lawyers, and Communities, By Chief Justice Karla M. Gray and Robert Echols
- Pitching Pro Bono: Getting to First Base With the Big Firm, By Karen A. Lash
- Connecting Self-Representation to Civil Gideon, By Russell Engler
- Symposium Agenda
- Symposium Participant Roster
- Access to Justice, Chapter 1, By Deborah L. Rhode
- Access to Justice, Chapter 8, By Deborah L. Rhode
- State Statutes Providing for a Right to Counsel in Civil Cases, by Laura K. Abel and Max Rettig
- Gideon's New Trumpet: Expanding the Right to Civil Counsel in Massachusetts, By The Boston Bar Task Force on Expanding the Civil Right to Counsel
- Opening the Courthouse Door, By David Udell and Rebekah Diller
- Public Health Legal Services: A New Vision, By Schulman, Lawton, Tremblay, Retkin, and Sandel
- The Law Firm and the Public Good, By Hon. Robert A. Katzmann
- Freedom of Legal Information: Increasing Court Access for Americans of Limited Means, By James C. Turner and Joyce A. McGee
- Advocating for the Human Right to Housing: Notes from the United States, By Maria Foscarinis
- NLCHP Pro Bono Partnership Handout
- Lawyers Executive Advisory Partners to Prevent and End Homelessness (description / member roster)
- Why People Who Face Losing Their Homes In Legal Proceedings Must Have a Right to Counsel, By Andrew Scherer
- The Legal Profession And The Unmet Needs Of The Immigrant Poor, By Hon. Robert A. Katzmann
- Symposium Booklet
- Civil Legal Assistance for All Americans, By Jeanne Charn and Richard Zorza
Contact
Dena Evans / Amanda Packel
legalprofession@law.stanford.edu
650.736.9770
Admission
For more information about how to participate in this project, please email Dena Evans at islander@stanford.edu