John Rearden, Jr., Appointed Attorneys for Indigent Civil Litigants in Federal Court: The Illinois Experience, 94 Ill. B.J. 369 (2006) [available to ISBA Members here].

28 U.S.C. § 1915 (In forma pauperis proceedings):

• Richard B. Gallagher, Gary A. Hughes, Tim A. Thomas, & Dag E. Ytreberg, Annotation, Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Plaintiff, 15 Am. Jur. 2d Civil Rights § 131 (updated Sept. 2008).
• Michael B. Mushlin, 3 Rights of Prisoners § 12:24 (3d ed.) (updated Dec. 2009).
• Kimberly A. Owens, Right to Counsel – The Third Circuit Delivers Indigent Civil Litigants from “Exceptional Circumstances, 39 Vill. L. Rev. 1163 (1994).
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, General Order No. 596: Plan for the Representation of Pro Se Litigants in Civil Cases (2011).
• James J. Vinch, Mallard v. United States District Court: Section 1915(d) and the Appointment of Counsel in Civil Cases, 51 Ohio St. L.J. 1001 (1990).

42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5 (Title VII):

• Kenneth W. Biedzynski et al, 45C Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2218 (database updated Feb. 2010).
• Janet Boeth Jones, Right of Complainant, Under 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5(f)(1), to Appointment of Attorney in Employment Discrimination Action, 75 A.L.R. Fed. 369 (1985).
• 3 Emp. Discrim. Coord. Analysis of Federal Law § 125:1 (database updated May 2009).
• Susan M. Omilian & Jean P. Kamp, 1 Sex-Based Employment Discrimination § 12:5 (database updated Sept. 2009).
• American Jurisprudence, Second Edition, Factors Affecting Whether Counsel Will Be Appointed under Title VII or the Americans with Disabilities Act, 19 Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2181 (2015).

50 App. U.S.C.A. § 521 (Protection of servicemembers against default judgments):

• Matthew Besmer, Appointment Practice Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: The Duties of Court-Appointed Counsel, 43 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. and Pol’y 208 (2009).
• Christine Zellar Church, The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence in Protection Order Cases Involving the Military, 12 T.M. Cooley J. Prac. & Clinical L. 335 (2010).