Analysis & Commentary
Justice
No Money for the Voiceless
Laura Abel and Philip Gallagher express deep concern about the paucity of funding for the Legal Services Corporation.
Authored by: Laura K. Abel & Philip G. Gallagher, in The National Law Journal
– 12/20/99
End Political Football With the Poor
Authored by: Deborah Goldberg, in the Albany Times-Union
– 09/09/99
Supreme Court Should Throw Out California’s Cruel ‘Welfare Magnet’ Law
As long as there have been poor people in the United States - and that is always - state and local governments have adopted isolationist policies to keep them out. But over the last 50 years the United States Supreme Court has regularly blocked these efforts by declaring such laws unconstitutional.
Authored by: Elizabeth Daniel, on San Jose Mercury’s web site “Mercury Center”
– 01/07/99
Effective Assistance: Reconceiving the Role of the Chief Public Defender
By Kim Taylor-Thompson, NYU Law School
Authored by: Kim Taylor-Thompson
– 1999
Palestinian Case Skirts Free-Speech Protection
The case of Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee 97-1252, to be argued before the Supreme Court Nov. 4, reviews whether an individual deserves prompt judicial review when asserting a First Amendment defense in response to the government’s prosecution. Its not a high-profile case, but the principle at stake is constitutional bedrock, and the case requires the court to fulfill its critical, if not always popular, role in our tripartite democracy.
Authored by: Marta E. Nelson, in The National Law Journal
– 11/02/98
Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts: Private Interest in the Public Interest
An alarm has been set off among lawyers, in New York and across the nation, by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation, 1998 WL 309070 (U.S. 1998), concerning Texas’ Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Lawyers are wondering whether they should continue to place client funds in the pooled interest-bearing accounts established under such programs. The answer is: absolutely.
Authored by: Deborah Goldberg, in the New York Law Journal
– 07/15/98
State Should Respect Equal Justice
Is Governor Pataki committed to equal justice under law? Then why has he vetoed all general funding for civil legal services for the indigent?
Authored by: Deborah Goldberg, in the Times Union
– 06/05/98
Public Defenders In the Neighborhood: A Harlem Law Office Stresses Teamwork, Early Investigation
Authored by: David Anderson, National Institute of Justice
– 03/03/97
Accessible, Comprehensive Representation Located in the Community | Concept Paper
Authored by: Northwest Community Law Office (Baltimore, MD)
Helping the Client and Changing the System
Authored by: The Racial Disparity Project, Seattle, WA