The access-to-civil-justice crisis looms large. An estimated 30 million litigants each year are reported to lack legal representation in the state courts. A full spectrum of approaches is required to mitigate this crisis. The Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators affirmed this concept, calling in a 2015 resolution for “100 percent access to effective assistance for essential civil legal needs … through a continuum of meaningful and appropriate services.” One important approach to help solve…
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