Documents
Access to Justice (general)
Chief Justice Richard P. Guy, Positive Approaches to 21st Century Access to Justice, May 1999 Bar News
Civil Equal Justice and the Judiciary: The Leadership Challenge
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Access to Justice Board
2008 ATJ Annual Report
2007 ATJ Annual Report
2006 ATJ Annual Report
2005 ATJ Annual Report
2004 ATJ Annual Report
February 2003 ATJ Board Report
March 2002 ATJ Board Report (without exhibits)
Access to Justice Board Goals 2003-2004
February 2001 ATJ Board Report
January 2000 ATJ Board Report
August 2000 ATJ Board Report
2000 Order Reauthorizing Access to Justice Board
April 1999 ATJ Board Report
July 1998 ATJ Board Report
December 1997 ATJ Board Report
May 1997 ATJ Board Report
July 1996 ATJ Board Report
1996 Order Reauthorizing the Access to Justice Board
September 1995 ATJ Board Report
May 1995 ATJ Board Report
1994 ATJ Board Report
1994 Order Establishing the Access To Justice Board
Statement of Principles and Goals
Access to Justice Task Force Report 1992-1993
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Annual Washington State Access to Justice Conference
ATJ Conference Planning Committee web page
ATJ Conference Recommendations (2005)
for publications from pervious years, please click here
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Communications and Technology
Alliance for Equal Justice: Statewide ATJ Network Communications Plan
ATJ Technology Plan
Access to Justice Technology Principles
Washington State Supreme Court Order establishing the Access to Justice Technology Bill of Rights
Comtech Goals from the State Plan
The Digital Divide and Digital Justice: Do Clients Need a Technology Bill of Rights? by Jean Holcomb
Pro Bono Programs Go High-Tech, by Joyce Raby
Communications and Technology Vision
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Domestic Violence
Washington State Domestic Violence Civil Justice Project Report - December 1999
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Family Law
ATJ Family Law Committee, May 2002
ATJ Family Law Task Force Report, June 2001
ATJ Family Law Task Force Report, August 2000
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Funding
Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding Final Report, June 9, 2004
Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding Final Quantitative Workgroup Report (2004)
Strained to the Breaking Point: The Current State of Washington State's Civil Equal Justice Delivery System Jim Bamberger
Board for Judicial Administration Civil Equal Justice Resolution
Equal Justice Coalition publications
Board of Governors Resolution
Conference of Chief Justices Resolution on Leadership to Promote Equal Justice
Final Report of the Pro Bono and Legal Aid Committee of the Washington State Bar Association to the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association: Civil Equal Justice Funding Options, May 1, 1998
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Impediments
Impediments Committee Report to ATJ Board, 1996
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Jurisprudence
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
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
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Pro Bono
Legal Aid Committee Volunteer Attorney Legal Services Action Plan, 1994
Volunteer Attorney Legal Services Action Plan - Five Year Progress Report
Rule 8E Special Admissions Exception for Emeritus Membership
1998 Proposal to Award CLE Credit for Pro Bono Representation of Low-Income Clients and Mentoring of Pro Bono Attorneys
Washington State Attorney General's Pro Bono Policy
Supplemental Analysis and Summary of Recommendations of Pro Bono and Legal Aid Committee Following Survey on Market Incentives and Pro Bono Work
Rules governing the awarding of CLE credits for pro bono work, Regulation 103(g) of the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education
Market Incentives
Survey - Pro Bono Work
Model Pro Bono Policy for Law Firms
ABA Center for Pro Bono
A Call to Arms: The Videophone Client Counseling Project, Andrew A. Guy, Bar News
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Resource Development
Resource Development Committee Final Report, May 2004
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Standards
Civil Equal Justice Performance Standards, 1999
Model Standards for Legal Advice Hotlines Operating in Washington State, Board of Governors, March 27, 1999
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State Planning for Civil Legal Services Delivery
Draft State Plan and other documents (2006)
State Plan Structure Workgroup Final Report, January 2006
Resource Mapping Workgroup Final Report, February 2006
State Support Workgroup Final Report, October 2005
Client Mapping Workgroup Final Report, January 2006
Hallmarks of an Effective Statewide Civil Legal Services System
Hallmarks (Word Document)
Revised Plan for the Delivery of Civil Legal Services, 1999 (Word, 84 pgs.)
Plan for Delivery of Civil Legal Services to Low Income People in Washington State (1995)
Washington State Plan Overview
Washington State's Legal Services Provider Network
Equal Justice Pyramid
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