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Closing the Justice Gap: Providing Civil Legal Assistance to Low-Income Americans, S. Hrg. 110-655, May 22, 2008, 110-2 Hearing, *.
Author: Closing the Justice Gap
Author: United States. CongressPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984120281
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Closing the justice gap : providing civil legal assistance to low-income Americans : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, May 22, 2008.
CLOSING THE JUSTICE GAP: PROVIDING CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE,... HEARING... S. HRG. 110-655... COM. ON THE JUDICIARY, U.S. SENATE... 110TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
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Closing the Justice Gap
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
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Category : Civil procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Closing the Justice Gap :.
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Documenting the Justice Gap in America
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Congress, in creating the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in 1974, determined that there is need to provide equal access to the system of justice in our nation for those who would be otherwise unable to afford adequate legal counsel. Congress explicitly recognized in the LSC Act that, "providing legal assistance to those who face an economic barrier to adequate legal counsel will serve best the ends of justice, assist in improving opportunities for low-income persons," and "has reaffirmed faith in our government of laws." The goal of providing equal access to justice for those who cannot afford to pay an attorney remains the reason for LSC's existence and the benchmark for its efforts. In developing the budget mark it submits to Congress, therefore, LSC has a duty to assess what has been accomplished in meeting the need, what still needs to be achieved, and the role that federal funding should play in doing so. This report uses a variety of approaches to document the civil legal needs of low-income individuals and families and to quantify necessary access to civil legal assistance -- that is, the level of assistance that would be required across the nation to respond appropriately to those needs. The civil legal needs of low-income people involve essential human needs, such as protection from abusive relationships, safe and habitable housing, access to necessary health care, disability payments to help lead independent lives, family law issues including child support and custody actions, and relief from financial exploitation. The difference between the current level of legal assistance and the level which is necessary to meet the needs of low-income Americans is the "Justice Gap."
The Justice Gap
Author: Documenting the Justice Gap in America
Author: Legal Services CorporationPublisher:
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Category : Civil procedure
Languages : en
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This report updates and expands the Legal Services Corporation's groundbreaking 2005 report Documenting the Justice Gap in America: The Current Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low-Income Americans, first released in September 2005, which documented the enormous challenge the nation faces in providing civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families. This report ... shows that a continuing, major justice gap exists in our nation: for every person helped by LSC-funded legal aid programs, another is turned away ... This report replicates the methodologies and analysis used in 2005 and includes data on unrepresented litigants.
Documenting the Justice Gap in America
Author: The Justice Gap
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"The justice gap is the difference between the civil legal needs of low-income Americans and the resources available to meet those needs. This study explores the extent of the justice gap in 2017, describing the volume of civil legal needs faced by low-income Americans, assessing the extent to which they seek and receive help, and measuring the size of the gap between their civil legal needs and the resources available to address these needs" --