There are two articles today about access to justice.
The first is out of a fellow southern state, Tennessee. The Tennessee High Court has changed to a Female Majority – a first in the South. The article also recognizes the “current mantra of the state’s Supreme Court centers on access to justice.”
- The Tennesean – http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081008/NEWS03/810080427/1017/NEWS01
The second article comes out of the nation’s capitol – Washington, D.C.
The D.C. Access to Justice Commission released a report yesterday. It highlights a “125-page study found that poorer D.C. residents are not adequately represented in a variety of proceedings.“
- The Washington Post – http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702978.html.
-RFW
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