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Limited Scope Representation: An Experiment In San Diego Housing Court, Lisa Young
Limited Scope Representation: An Experiment In San Diego Housing Court, Lisa Young
Lisa Young
Limited Scope Representation: An Experiment in San Diego Housing Court Abstract By Lisa Young This paper analyses how limited scope representation effects the settlement agreements reached by litigants in San Diego Housing Court. Limited scope representation, also known as “unbundling,” is defined as a form of legal representation where the attorney only represents the client in one part of the client’s case. Limited Scope Representation is growing as a viable response to the significant lack of legal representation for middle- and low-income Americans. This paper is the first scholarship to test whether limited scope representation actually makes a substantive difference …
Framing The Choice Between Cash And Courthouse: Experiences With The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Gillian K. Hadfield
Framing The Choice Between Cash And Courthouse: Experiences With The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Gillian K. Hadfield
Gillian K Hadfield
In this paper I report the results of a quantitative and qualitative empirical study of how those who were injured or lost a family member in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks evaluated the tradeoff between a cash payment--available through the Victim Compensation Fund--and the pursuit of litigation. Responses make it clear that potential plaintiffs saw much more at stake than monetary compensation and that the choice to forego litigation required the sacrifice of important non-monetary, civic, values: obtaining and publicizing information about what happened, prompting public findings of accountability for those responsible, and participating in the process of ensuring …