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	NCJ Number:		NCJ 249776
	Title:		White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable: Civil Legal Aid Research Workshop Report
	URL(s):		PDF
	Author(s):		Maha Jweied ; Allie Yang-Green
	Date Published:		02/2016
	Page Count:		62
	Annotation:		This report summarizes the discussions of a group of experts who assembled for a 2-day workshop in May 2015 to discuss a research agenda and Federal priorities for civil legal aid.
	Abstract:		The workshop was the result of a collaboration among the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The stated purpose of the workshop was to “engage in and encourage research and development to improve and strengthen the criminal justice system and related aspects of the civil justice system.“ The workshop achieved three objectives. First, it assisted NIJ in identifying a civil legal and research agenda in anticipation of dedicated funding for this work. NIJ is mandated to “engage in and encourage research and development to improve and strengthen the criminal justice system and related aspects of the civil justice system.” Second, the workshop enabled agencies represented in the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (WH-LAIR) to hear from civil legal-aid experts on the effectiveness of civil legal aid at the intersection with public safety, criminal justice, and the need for research and evaluation in this domain. Third, the workshop assisted in stimulating domestic activities in implementing the United Nations call for indicators on access to justice as a development and anti-poverty goal. The workshop participants discussed the following topics: 1) measuring access to justice n the civil context; 2) civil legal aid as a necessary service for the reentry population; 3) human trafficking and civil legal aid; 4) consumer protection and civil legal aid; 5) elder abuse and civil legal aid; and 6) domestic violence and civil legal aid. Appended workshop agenda, list of participants, existing Federal research and capacity, and other supplementary information
	Main Term(s):		Access to courts
	Index Term(s):		Legal aid services ; Civil remedies ; Civil proceedings ; Court research ; Civil litigation ; Civil Justice
	Sponsoring Agency:		National Science Foundation United States of America National Institute of Justice (NIJ) US Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States of America
	Sale Source:		National Institute of Justice (NIJ) US Department of Justice 810 Seventh Street NW Office of Justice Programs Washington, DC 20531 United States of America
	Type:		Program/Project Description ; Report (Study/Research) ; Conference Material ; Legislation/Policy Analysis ; Technical Assistance
	Country:		United States of America
	Language:		English
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