California Sargent Shriver Pilots
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California Sargent Shriver Pilots
- Codification of pilots: Cal. Gov. Code § 68651 (previously AB 590). Selected pilot sites listed at http://www.courts.ca.gov/15703.htm. Fact sheet available at http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/AB-590.pdf.
- First report to the Judicial Council (July 2017): https://jcc.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=5319197&GUID=A7E82A2C-C90F-41BF-AA2B-1EC3E5825C4C. Press release about report: http://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/shriver-pilot-report.
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Tamara Audi, 'Civil Gideon' Trumpets Legal Discord, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 17, 2009, available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125659997034609181.html.
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Kevin G. Baker & Julia R. Wilson, Stepping Across the Threshold: Assembly Bill 590 Boosts Legislative Strategies for Expanding Access to Civil Counsel, 43 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. and Pol'y 550 (2010), available with free subscription at http://povertylaw.org/system/files/chr_article_pdf/chr_2010_march_april_baker.pdf.
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Brian Brophy, Civil Right to Counsel Through the States Using California's Efficiency Project As A Model Towards a Civil Gideon, 8 Hastings Race & Poverty L. J. 39 (Winter 2011).
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California Political Desk, California Becomes Nation's First State to Assure Lawyers in Civil Cases, American Chronicle (Oct. 13, 2009).
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Editorial, (Penny) Wise Justice for California, LA Times (Sept. 25, 2009), available at http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/25/opinion/ed-gideon25.
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Editorial, Waiting in California, New York Times (Oct. 4, 2009), available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/opinion/05mon3.html.
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Bob Egelko, Chief Justice Seeks Lawyers for Poor in Civil Cases, San Francisco Chronicle (Dec. 20, 2006), available at http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-12-20/bay-area/17326119_1_court-interpreters-civil-cases-family-law.
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Bob Egelko, State-Funded Attorneys For Low-Income Residents Have Success, SFGate (July 29, 2017), available at http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/State-funded-attorneys-for-low-income-residents-11656707.php.
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Michael A. Fagalde, Editorial: There 'Oughta Be a Law', Mariposa Gazette (Oct. 11, 2009), available with subscription at http://www.mariposagazette.com/news/2010-02-04/Letters/There_Oughta_Be_A_Law.html.
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Judicial Council of California, Report to the Judicial Council: Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act: Selection of Pilot Projects (April 29, 2011), available at http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/20110429itemp-revt.pdf. The minutes of the meeting approving the selections in the Report are at http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/20110429jcminutes.pdf.
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Sarah Conn Martin, Appointed Counsel in Civil Cases: How California's Pilot Project Compares to Access to Counsel In Other Developed Countries, 37 J. Legal Prof. 281 (Spring 2013).
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Greg Moran, Poor Getting Free Lawyers in Some Civil Cases, U-T San Diego (Aug. 31, 2012), available at http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/31/poor-getting-free-lawyers-in-some-civil-cases/.
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Clare Pastore, California's Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act Tests Impact of More Assistance for Low-Income Litigants, 47 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. and Pol'y 97 (July-Aug. 2013), available with free subsciption at http://povertylaw.org/system/files/chr_article_pdf/chr_2013_july_august_pastore.pdf.
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Clare Pastore, Gideon is My Co-Pilot: The Promise of Civil Right to Counsel Pilot Programs, 17 U.D.C. L.R. 75 (Spring 2014), available at http://www.udclawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/udc319412v17n1_text.pdf#page=81.
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Mathew Pordum & Catherine Ho, New Law Creates Right to Counsel, Daily Journal (Oct. 13, 2009), available at http://www.calegaladvocates.org/news/article.277382-New_Law_Creates_Right_to_Counsel.
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Recent Legislation, Access To Justice — Civil Right To Counsel — California Establishes Pilot Programs To Expand Access To Counsel For Low-Income Parties, 123 Harvard L.R. 1532 (2010), available at http://cdn.harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/april123_recent_legislation.pdf.
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Toby Rothschild, The Shriver Act Advances the Cause of Civil GIdeon, LA Lawyer (Mar. 2018), available at https://www.lacba.org/docs/default-source/lal-back-issues/2018-issues/march2018.pdf#page=14.
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Steven D. Schwinn, Equal Access to Justice in California, Constitutional Law Prof Blog (Sept. 28, 2009), available at http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/conlaw/2009/09/equal-access-to-justice-in-california.html.
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United Press International, California Expands Legal Help for Poor, upi.com (Oct. 27, 2009), available at http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/27/Calif-expands-legal-help-for-poor/UPI-51761256695183/.
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Staff Writer, Assembly Bill Proposes Right to Counsel in Civil Cases, Metropolitan News (March 5, 2009), available at http://www.metnews.com/articles/2009/ab590030509.htm.
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Carol Williams, California Gives the Poor a New Legal Right, LA Times (Oct. 17, 2009), available at http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/17/local/me-civil-gideon17.