Accessing Justice: Are Pro Se Clinics a Reasonable Response to the Lack of Pro Bono Legal Services and Should Law School Clinics Conduct Them?

48 Pages Posted: 22 May 2015

Date Written: 1999

Abstract

This Article explores the use of pro se education as a means of providing access to the justice system. It reviews various pro se legal clinics across the country to assess how different jurisdictions are perceiving and responding to the needs of low-income litigants. It discusses in some detail the pro se projects in the District of Columbia as well as law school pro se clinics, including Catholic Law School's Families and the Law Clinic ("FALC"). Ultimately, the Article examines the teaching and service goals that can be met by law school participation in pro se projects.

Keywords: pro se litigants, pro se projects, low income litigants

Suggested Citation

Barry, Margaret Martin, Accessing Justice: Are Pro Se Clinics a Reasonable Response to the Lack of Pro Bono Legal Services and Should Law School Clinics Conduct Them? (1999). Fordham Law Review, Vol. 67, 1999, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2607328

Margaret Martin Barry (Contact Author)

Vermont Law School ( email )

68 North Windsor Street
P.O. Box 60
South Royalton, VT 05068
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.vermontlaw.edu/Our_Faculty/Faculty_Directory/Margaret_Martin_Barry.htm

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