Equal Justice Magazine - Summer 2002 - Vol. 1

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	EJM is the country’s only feature magazine dedicated exclusively to exploring equal justice issues and the work of public interest lawyers. EJM tells the untold stories of courageous clients and intrepid attorneys who turn shallow lawyer stereotypes on their head. The publication is produced by the Washington D.C.-based Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the congressionally chartered nonprofit organization created to ensure that poor Americans have their day in court.
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SOLDIERS OF JUSTICE
No group has done more to preserve democracy than America’s 25 million living veterans, so why are so many left unrepresented when legal disputes arise over their rightful benefits? The Veterans Pro Bono Consortium celebrates 10 years of helping one-time soldiers wage important battles in court.
By Perry Wasserman

THE OREGON EXPERIMENT
There’s a noble experiment brewing in the Beaver State. With decidedly dissimilar Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith standing strong together, Oregon shows what can happen when an entire state unites to tackle legal aid’s funding crisis.
By David Whelan

Wyden calls for a
“revolution of public service"

Federal funding follies chart

The Oregon Experiment. Photo by Tom Wolff.

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Washington Chief Justice Gerry Alexander navigates the legislature’s “Trail of Tears” to help restore potentially disastrous cuts in the state’s legal services budget. “Each time a poor person is denied access to the justice system,” Alexander states, “a small piece of our democracy dies.”
By David Whelan

DEFIANCE!
Times have changed in Defiance, the small Ohio town with the rebellious name. Thanks largely to one advocate’s relentless efforts to unite local police, judges, attorneys, hospitals, and women’s shelters, victims are getting help and domestic abusers are getting an unequivocal message: ‘You’re going to jail.’
By Eric Kleiman

A VOICE OF EXPERIENCE
Poised to become the ABA’s first African-American president, former Detroit mayor Dennis Archer voices his support for legal aid and discusses his plans to cultivate a more diverse bar in this issue’s EQUAL JUSTICE Q&A.
By Daniel Cox