Updates
- Brennan Center for Justice: Courts’ Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis
- Marshall Project: Coronavirus Tracker: How Justice Systems Are Responding in Each State
March-July
- The American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division’s Disaster Legal Services Program and Paladin launched a national disaster relief pro bono portal, where lawyers can sign up and view cases.
- Attorneys, social workers, and medical professionals are being sought to work on compassionate release motions for people in prison. The Compassionate Release Clearinghouse is a project of FAMM, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and others.
- Association of Pro Bono Counsel Launches New Collaborative Site to Coordinate Law Firm Covid-19 Pro Bono Response
- New York State Bar Association launches COVID-19 pro bono network in partnership with the New York State court system.
Resources
- ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Services: ABA Free Legal Answers
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Criminal Court Reopening and Public Health in the COVID-19 Era
- National Center for State Courts: Remote Court Operations Incorporating A2J Principles
- National Center for State Courts: Preparing for a Pandemic: An Emergency Response Benchbook and Operational Guidebook for State Court Judges and Administrators (2016)
- National Institute of Justice: Research on Videoconferencing Pretrial Release Hearings – key concerns and protocols for videoconferencing
- Pro Bono Net: Remote Legal Support Guide: A Best Practices Manual for Nonprofit and Pro Bono Innovation
- Rand Corporation: Court Appearances in Criminal Proceedings Through Telepresence - pages 4-6 provide an overview of cautions with videoconferencing
- Self-Represented Litigation Network: COVID-19 Resources
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