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Fall 2002 | Vol. 1 No. 3

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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Equality Undercover
Armed with fake resumes, well-rehearsed backgrounds, and a unanimous 7th Circuit ruling upholding their standing to sue, employment testers are now able to offer courts something most actual victims of hiring discrimination can't: evidence.


By Eric Kleiman

Special Report: Pro Se 
The Pro Se Puzzle

It's the Judge Judy era, so it's hardly surprising that hyperbolic headlines and stories in the press have declared an explosion of self-represented (pro se) litigants flooding into civil court. Is it true? Are attorneys obsolete? Hardly. Explosions are for volcanoes. The truth is, civil litigants have been going it alone for ages. All that has changed for certain is our national awareness of the issue and the legal community's resolve to address it.

Perspectives

A trial judge who tries.........................

The court that grew wheels.................

The client who could...........................

An attorney who likes java...................

An address in cyberspace.....................

 

The Marshall of Self-Help

Having spent her youth in South Africa observing and fighting the daily injustices of apartheid rule, Massachusetts Chief Justice Margaret Marshall today works to ensure that her fellow Americans are empowered to make their own case in a court of law.

By Daniel Cox

 

 

Law Schools & 'Low Bono

 

Law schools are the latest U.S. institutions to step up in the struggle to find help for people in pursuit of justice. The Law School Consortium promotes alumni networks that help extend affordable "low bono assistance to couples like the Farleys, who would have faced financial ruin without it.

 

By Cynthia L. Cooper

DEPARTMENTS

 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

NEWS & NOTES

OUR VIEW: THE CASE FOR $415 MILLION

JUDICIAL PROFILE: THOMAS KILBRIDE
LSC UP CLOSE: LONG DISTANCE JUSTICE

TECHNOLOGY

LITIGATION REPORT: DISCRIMINATION ON THE FARM

OTHER VOICES: A SURVIVOR'S STORY