Access to Justice Board
Jurisprudence of Access to Justice Committee

Mission: Enhance understanding of the jurisprudential foundations of access to justice.

Its initiatives are broad-based, and include publishing significant law review and other jurisprudence-related articles; assisting the courts in identifying significant access to justice issues; convening forums to discuss these issues; and providing assistance to ATJ Board committees and other groups in identifying constitutional bases for their proposals/activities.

Current Committee Members

Patrick McIntyre, Co-Chair, Northwest Justice Project

Leonard Schroeter, Co-Chair, Attorney At Law

Jim Bamberger, Columbia Legal Services

Heidi Borson, U.S. District Court

Margaret Brammall, Attorney At Law

Prof. Helen Donigan, Gonzaga School of Law

Hon. Anne Ellington, Court of Appeals, Division I

Hon. Cynthia Imbrogno, U.S. District Court

Deborah Perluss, Northwest Justice Project

Ron Roseman, Northwest Justice Project

Hugh Spitzer, Attorney At Law

Prof. John Strait, Seattle University School of Law

Hon. Dennis Sweeney, Court of Appeals, Division III

Prof. Kellye Testy, Seattle University School of Law

Joan Fairbanks, Washington State Bar Association





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Related Publications

Jurisprudence of Access to Justice: From Magna Carta to Romer v. Evans via Marbury v. Madison, by Leonard Schroeter

Attorney Representation, An Essential Right or Not? by Leonard Schroeter

Will Access to Justice in the 21st Century Resuscitate, Shun, or Re-Tool its Historic Fundamental Rights Jurisprudence? Leonard Schroeter

Judicial Independence - A Sine Qua Non for Rule of Law and Constitutionalism, by Leonard Schroeter

Civil Gideon: If Not, Why Not?, Leonard Schroeter, presented at Washington State Access to Justice Annual Conference Jurisprudence Workshop, June 27, 1999 (Word, 94 pgs.)

The Jurisprudence of Ethics: Should Legal Professionalism be in Accordance with Public Justice? by Leonard Schroeter

The Declaration of Independence: The Precursor of Equal Justice under Law, Leonard Schroeter, July 1999 Bar News

The Duty of the Judiciary to Ensure Access to Justice, Leonard Schroeter, August 1999 Bar News

The Fundamental Right of Access to Justice: The Historical Antecedents, Leonard Schroeter, May 1999 Bar News

The Jurisprudence of Professionalism, Leonard Schroeter, June 1999 Bar News

The Right to Counsel as Developed in the United States Supreme Court, Leonard Schroeter, October 1999 Bar News

Obstacles to Civil Gideon: The Washington State Experience, Leonard Schroeter, November 1999 Bar News

Obstacles to Civil Gideon, Part II: The Washington State Experience, Leonard Schroeter, December 1999 Bar News

The Future of Access to Justice ? We Shall Overcome!, Leonard Schroeter, March 2000 Bar News