This article on opendemocracy.net examines the effect of UK legal aid cuts on immigration detainees at Yarl’s Wood detention centre.
Category International
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Flags Refusing New Clients Amid Funding Uncertainty
From 7 News in Australia, this article describes how the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency expects to stop taking on clients due to funding uncertainty.
We Won’t Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage by Cutting Legal services
Here is a comment article in The Guardian criticizing recent Australian legal aid cuts for their effect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Exciting Job Position at ABA on Access to Justice
Richard Zorza’s access to justice blog notes that the ABA is looking for director for its Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiative.
Roadblocks to Access to Justice: Reforming Ethical Rules to Meet the Special Needs of Low-Income Clients
On The Eve of Magna Carta’s 800th Birthday, the British Legal System is Being Ripped Apart
The New Statesman also criticizes UK legal aid reforms on the anniversary of the Magna Carta.
Comment: Legal Aid Reforms Are Not the Justice Intended in Magna Carta
Monroe Freedman, Influential Voice on Legal Ethics, Dies at 86
Some of you may be aware that legal ethics giant Monroe Freedman died last Thursday at 86. Given his devotion to access to justice and his lifetime of work on justice and ethics issues, here is a link to the New York Times obituary.
Nice Development for Incubators
Richard Zorza has posted this piece on new resources for lawyers interested in developing legal incubators.
Tomorrow, Fri Feb 27, is Early Registration Deadline for EJC, Scheduled Just After SRL Pre-Conference
Richard Zorza has posted on an upcoming ABA Equal Justice Conference and self-represented litigant pre-conference.
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