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Representing The Powerless: Lawyers Can Make A Difference, Alvin J. Bronstein
Representing The Powerless: Lawyers Can Make A Difference, Alvin J. Bronstein
Maine Law Review
The Fifth Annual Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service was held on October 8, 1996. This year’s lecturer, Alvin J. Bronstein, the founding Executive Director of the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, presented “Representing the Powerless: Lawyers Can Make a Difference.”
Lawyers At The Prison Gates: Organizational Structure And Corrections Advocacy, Susan P. Sturm
Lawyers At The Prison Gates: Organizational Structure And Corrections Advocacy, Susan P. Sturm
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Article attempts to fill the gaps in the discussion of public interest advocacy by exploring the roles of various legal organizations in providing representation to inmates challenging the conditions and practices in prisons, jails, and juvenile justice institutions. It is an outgrowth of a study conducted for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation on the extent and quality of representation in corrections litigation. It puts forward an organizational change model of public interest advocacy as the most promising strategy for legal representation in the corrections area. It then identifies the major organizational providers of representation, assesses where they fall on …