Faculty Work and Related Resources of Professor Russell Engler

Access to Justice

Opportunities and Challenges: Non-Lawyer Forms of Assistance In Providing Access to Justice for Middle-Income Earners, University of Toronto Press (2012) (forthcoming)
When Must Counsel Be Appointed, and When Might Access to Justice Mean Less Assistance?, 9 Seattle J. for Soc. Just. 97 (2011) [pdf]
The Twin Imperatives of Providing Access to Justice and Establishing a Civil Gideon, 93 Mass. L. Rev. 214 (2010) [pdf]
Pursuing Access to Justice and Civil Right to Counsel in a Time of Economic Crisis, 15 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 472 (2010) [pdf]
Connecting Self-Representation to Civil Gideon: What Existing Data Reveal About When Counsel is Most Needed, 37 Fordham Urb. L.J. 37 (2010) [pdf]
Towards a Context-Based Civil Gideon Through Access to Justice Initiatives, 40 Clearinghouse Review 196 (July-August 2006) [pdf] [ssrn]

April 2010—Speaker at Michigan’s First Annual Justice Initiatives Summit, Addressing the Needs of the Unrepresented [brochure]
March 2010—Keynote Address, Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission
October 2008—Speaker, Roadmap to Justice Project, Fall Symposium
June 2008—Keynote Speaker, Tapping the Community Voice: Looking at Family Law Self-Help through an Access to Justice Lens, Toronto, Ontario
January 2008—Speaker, Courthouse Centennial Access to Justice Symposia, Civil Gideon, Federal Courthouse, Providence, Rhode Island
January 2008—Speaker, Joint AALS Conference of Chief Justices Workshop on the Courts, Panel on Pressure Points in the Administration of Justice [program] [speaker outline]
May 2006—Speaker, Eastern Regional Conference, Access to Justice for the Self-Represented Litigants: Courts and Community-Based Strategies and Solutions. Panel, Foundations: The Obligations and Benefits of Programs for the Self-Represented Conference Information and Resources: [pdf]
September 2001—Speaker, New York State Access to Justice Conference, Panel: Self-Represented Litigants Are Here To Stay