The Count. This summer, the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) at Fordham Law School is carrying out a research initiative to update the “Attorney Count” in the Justice Index, justiceindex.org. Last updated in 2016, the Count is a…
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In more than a dozen new writings gathered in The A2J Summit Collection, activists from across the country describe the leading edge and future promise of the civil justice reform movement, in many instances seeing its prospects as closely intertwined…
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This week in Texas, we hope you will join us as NCAJ hosts two conversations about access to justice. The first will be on Tracking Outcomes from 4:15 to 4:45 pm on November 1, 2018. The second will be about Building the Civil…
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Leaders Gather for A2J Summit On October 2, 2018 thought leaders in the access-to-justice and social justice spheres came together at Fordham Law to consider the state of the movement for civil justice reform. Participants worked to develop vision statements,…
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On July 23, 2018, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new award to promote AtJ scholarship, naming Rebecca Sandefur principal investigator, and Alyx Mark & David Udell co-principal investigators. At the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) we are excited about the…
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On June 20, 2018, NCAJ released Tracking Outcomes: A Guide for Civil Legal Aid Providers & Funders. In Tracking Outcomes, NCAJ gathers in a single publication the leading-edge issues and strategies that are important to civil legal aid providers and their funders in using…
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On May 2, 2018 from 11:45am to 1:15PM, NCAJ will moderate a panel discussion, The Place of Justice in the City Sustainability Movement, as part of the “International Conference on Sustainable Cities” at Fordham University hosted jointly by Columbia, Fordham & New…
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This past week, The Hill posted an op ed offering commentary and analysis following the “quiet closing” of the Office on Access to Justice in the US Department of Justice: The Office on Access to Justice, opened in 2010, was a bold and unprecedented effort…
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If you will be attending the 2017 Annual Conference hosted by NLADA this week, please join the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School for an informal side meeting on The Outcomes Project, NCAJ’s initiative to identify best practices for using data…
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At a time when many people are increasingly appreciating the importance of data, and when civil legal aid programs are increasingly relying on data, the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School (NCAJ) has undertaken a project with grant support…
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