Conference Papers 2003


Conference papers are added below as downloadable Acrobat Reader (PDF) format as they become available.

(If you are not familiar with PDF files, click here.) Papers are listed alphabetically by author.



Big Case Management Report and Recommendations
Prepared for Legal Aid Ontario

Civil Legal Aid in the United States: Recent Developments and Long-Term Directions
By Alan W. Houseman
Additional Supporting Documents: Attachments, History of Legal Aid 5-11, Brief Services and Self-Help Branch Offices



Community Legal Services - Current Developments in Scotland
Prepared by Colin Lancaster

Description of California Courts’ Programs for Self-Represented Litigants
By Bonnie Hough

Evaluation of the Family Law Expanded Duty Counsel Pilot Projects
Prepared for Legal Aid Ontario

From Pilots to Practice - Ontario’s Family Law Experiments
Prepared for Legal Aid Ontario

The Impact of Group and Prepaid Legal Services: Plans to Meet the Needs of Middle Income People Part 1, Part 2
Prepared by Wayne Moore

The Irish Refugee Legal Service and the Asylum Process
By Frank Goodman

Legal Aid and the Decline of Private Practice: Blue Murder or Toxic Job?
By Richard Moorhead

Legal Expenses Insurance and Legal Aid – Two sides of the same coin?” The Experience From Germany & Sweden
By Matthias Kilian and Francis Regan

"Local, Regional or Super?" Australian Community Legal Centres in the Purchaser-Provider Age
By Jeff Giddings and Mary Anne Noone

The Nature and Extent of Unmet Need for Criminal Legal Aid in Canada
By Ab Currie

Needs Assessment and Community Legal Services in England and Wales
By Pascoe Pleasence

The Public Defender Service in England and Wales
By Lee Bridges

On-Line Legal Services for Low and Moderate Income Clients: Private Market Solutions to Meeting Legal Needs
By Richard S. Granat

Putting legal aid at a distance: Recent trends in the Netherlands
By Nick Huls

Technology, the Courts and Self-represented Litigants
By Ronald W. Staudt


The Use of Contracts in England and Wales
By Steve Orchard, CBE

A Mixed Model Without The Legal Profession? Exploring the Australian evidence of changes in private lawyer participation in legal aid
By Don Fleming

Additional Materials



Adapting to suit changing client needs: beyond the traditional model of access to legal aid

By Angela Longo, President/CEO, Legal Aid Ontario



Civil Legal Aid And Access To Justice In Germany

By Matthias Kilian



Country Report Germany: Civil Legal Aid

By Matthias Kilian



The Full Access Financial Scorecard for State Access-to-Justice Communities

by Ken Smith, Martha Bergmark, and Wayne Moore

Evaluation of the Legal Aid Ontario Pilot Staff Family Law Offices
Prepared for Legal Aid Ontario
Participating Staff: Colin Meredith Ph.D., Peggy Malpass B.A., LL.B.

Legal Aid in the Changing World and Distribution of the supply of legal aid in Scotland
2 papers from the Scottish Legal Aid Board

Talking Points for the ILAG Panel Discussion on Day I
from Frank Strickland

National Reports



Belgium

Prepared by Steven Gibens



Finland

Prepared by Merja Muilu



Ireland

Prepared by Noel Synott



The Future of Legal Aid in the Netherlands
, Netherlands Part 2
Prepared by Peter van den Biggelaar



New Zealand

Prepared by John Hamill, Frances Blyth and Robyn Nicholas



Northern Ireland

Prepared by Andrew Carnson



Market Competition and Legal Aid in Norway

Prepared by Professor Jon T. Johnsen, University of Oslo



Scotland



South Africa
Prepared by Vidhu Vedalankar

The Legal Aid Board and the Delivery of Legal Aid Services in South Africa

Prepared by David McQuoid-Mason