Access to Justice Project: http://www.wsba.org/atj/ Washington State's justice system is founded upon the fundamental principle that the justice system is accessible to all persons. The purpose of this website is to provide current, useful, and in-depth information about the "Access to Justice Movement" in Washington State, an explosion of activity that is improving and expanding access to the justice system for low and moderate income people, and moving us closer to our goal of equal justice for all. The Access to Justice Project was established by the Supreme Court of Washington and is administered by the Washington State Bar Association.
LAW Fund & The Campaign for Equal Justice: http://www.legalaidforwafund.org/ In 2004, LAW Fund, the Eastside Legal Assistance Program (www.elap.org) and the King County Bar Foundation (www.kcbf.org) consolidated their fundraising appeals to King County law firms to test the Campaign model. Law firms generously responded to the idea of making one annual gift for equal justice funding. This program does not provide legal aid services, but rather raises the funds from individuals, law firms, foundations, corporations and organizations that support thirty legal aid programs throughout Washington, including specialized statewide legal service providers who assist some of our state's most vulnerable populations.
Northwest Justice Project: http://www.nwjustice.org. NJP is a not-for-profit statewide organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income people from nine offices and two sattelite locations throughout the state of Washington. Each year, NJP assists more than 18,000 people in need of critical legal assistance. Clients in need of interpreter services in order to access legal services through NJP are entitled to those services. As the Legal Services Corporation funded program in the Washington State Alliance for Equal Justice, NJP's mission is to provide high quality free legal services on priority problems to eligible low-income clients, either directly or through efficient and effective referrals.
Washington Advocate Resource Center:http://www.advocateresourcenter.org. ARC, a public service of the Northwest Justice Project in collaboration with otyher legal aid providers in the Alliance for Equal Justice, provides assistance to attorneys looking for pro bono opportunities and provides information for Washington State lawyers already involved in providing these services.
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project: http://www.nwirp.org/ Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) advances the legal rights and dignity of low-income immigrants in Washington State by pursuing and preserving their legal status through legal representation, education and public policy.
Northwest Women's Law Center: http://www.nwwlc.org The Northwest Women's Law Center works to advance the legal interests of women, inlcuding a litigation program which brings public impact cases throughout the Northwest, a legislative program which drafts legislation and analyzes bills affecting women in Washington State, and a self-help program which operates a legal information phone line and develops and distributes self-help packets to provide assistance to low- and middle-income women and men in Washington who do not have access to paid or pro bono attorneys.
Seattle Community Law Center: http://www.seattlecommlaw.org/index.html The
Seattle Community Law Center is committed to ending poverty and the
oppression and exclusion of communities of limited economic means. We
believe that advocacy to address our constituents' short term problems
must be accompanied by advocacy for long term changes to prevent the
perpetuation of these problems.
The Unemployment Law Project: http://www.unemploymentlawproject.org/ NLP is a public service, nonprofit law firm founded to represent people at unemployment hearings when their claim has been denied. In recent years, NLP has represented about 1000 individual clients and has provided information to hundreds more. Much of the work of ULP is accomplished by volunteers and by students supervised by staff attorneys.
Washington Attorneys Assisting Community Organizations (WAACO): http://www.waaco.org WAACO works to promote community development and organizational capacity-building in Washington State by assisting charitable and community-based nonprofit corporations to obtain free legal assistance on business-related matters. We refer eligible organizations to volunteer attorneys who can help with matters ranging from maintenance of tax-exempt status to complex business contracts and transactions.
