by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Advancing Equal Access to Justice: Barriers, Dilemmas, and Prospects Hon. Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye Volume 67, Issue 5, 1181-90 Keynote Address: University of California Hastings College of the Law, November 12, 2015 Full...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Gillian K. Hadfield and Deborah L. Rhode Volume 67, Issue 5, 1191-224 Scholars and critics have for decades advocated change in the professional regulation of legal services markets in order to solve the ever-widening gap in access to justice. One of the central...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Earl Johnson Jr. Volume 67, Issue 5, 1225-64 Contrary to its public rhetoric promising “justice for all” and “equal justice under law,” access to civil justice in the United States is “exceptional” only in a negative sense. The Rule of Law Index ranks our nation next...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Stacy Brustin and Lisa Martin Volume 67, Issue 5, 1265-98 Parents in family court overwhelmingly proceed pro se; however, in child support courtrooms, government attorneys representing the state child support agency frequently play a pivotal role. These attorneys...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Elizabeth L. MacDowell Volume 67, Issue 5, 1299-330 This Article reports findings from an ethnographic study of self-help programs in two western states. The study investigated how self-help assistance provided by partnerships between courts and nongovernmental...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Ben Barton Volume 67, Issue 5, 1331-66 America’s access to justice woes are paradoxical. We have more lawyers than every country except India and more lawyers per capita than every country except for Israel. We spend more on law as an absolute amount or as a...
