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Directory of Law School Public Interest Law Support Programs
Click to visit updated on-line version, Directory of Law School Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs.
The ABA Division for Public Services, and the Center for Pro Bono, a project of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, have produced a Directory of Law school Public Interest Law Support Programs. Developed for individuals considering law school and law students thinking about transferring or changing their focus, as well as for undergraduate and law school career services professionals and for public service advocates, this is your guide to information about the wide variety of public interest law support programs at every ABA-accredited law school in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. This resource guide covers law journals, student organizations, clinical programs, pro bono opportunities and mandatory requirements, loan repayment programs, internships, externships and more.
Related pages on ABANetwork: Law Student Division; Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
Determining Competency in Guardianship Proceedings
Stephen J. Anderer (1990)
65 pages
A framework and model for lawyers and judges evaluating evidence in light of statutory standards for making competency determinations.
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/2310007
Due Process Protections for Juveniles in Civil Commitment Proceedings
Richard E. Redding (1991)
60 pages
Review of state of the law in 50 states and D.C., with analyses. Recommended procedures for ensuring due process with statutory citations on juvenile civil commitment and informed consent.
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/2310008
Meeting the Legal Needs of Community-Based Development Organizations: The Role of the Private Bar
Jeffrey R. Pankratz (1992)
89 pages. Examines major legal issues confronted by community-based development organizations (CBDO's), illustrates efforts by attorneys to assist CBDO's, provides guidelines for forming a CBDO pro bono project, and furnishes case examples.
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/2310010
Increasing Consumer Participation in State Utility Rate Proceedings
Joseph Belluck (1993)
95 pages
How to increase public involvement in state utility rate proceedings including citizens' utility boards, court decisions and consumer advocates.
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/2310011
United Nations Military Forces: The U.N. Charter and the
United States Constitution
David Kaye (1994)
70 pages.
Examines U.N. military forces for peacekeeping and peace enforcement, and international law, the U.N. Charter and the U.S. Constitution.
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/2310012
Endangered Species Act Reauthorization: A Biocentric Approach
Martin Bergoffen (1995)
72 pages
Analysis of ESA reform, with a focus on the intertwined roles of science, ethics and law, and a history of the Endangered Species Act.
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/2310013
Most Favored Nation Certification and Human Rights, A Case Study of China and the United States
Daniel F. Wilhelm (1996)
85 pages
Examines legal issues in the linkage of most-favored-nation trade status with a nation's human rights practices, and in granting by the U.S. of MFN status to China.
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/2310014
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