Models and Schemes for Legal Aid Delivery

In this section

International Standards on the Right to Legal Aid

Legal Aid Laws and Regulations

Organisation and Management of a Legal Aid System

Models and Schemes for Legal Aid Delivery

Legal Aid Quality Standards and Quality Assurance Mechanisms

Legal Aid Research and Studies

Training materials on criminal legal aid issues

Selected Sources Organisations Working on Legal Aid

This Section is devoted to different models and schemes of legal aid delivery, such as: public defender, staff attorney, assigned private practitioners’ model (judicare, ex officio appointed legal aid lawyers), contracts model, duty solicitors, paralegals, legal advice centers. The Section also contains materials on innovative and complementary methods and schemes for provision of legal aid, such as: legal clinics, e-delivery, pro-bono initiatives, and on holistic approach to delivery of legal aid. The materials in this section are listed starting with the general and comparative overviews and following with materials related to specific jurisdictions.

Beyond lawyering: How holistic representation makes for good policy, better lawyers and more satisfied clients, 2005, by R. Steinberg

Legal Workers and paralegals - new avenues for services? Access to Justice and the introduction of the NFP Sector, 2007 by Peter Sanderson and Hilary Sommerland

Index of Good Practices in Providing Legal Aid

Paralegals and non-traditional methods of legal aid delivery, 2005, by D. McQuoid-Mason

The role of University-based law clinics in the provision of legal aid in South Africa

Standards for the Defense, 1976, by NLADA

Standards for Providers of Civil Legal Services for the Poor, 2002 Edition, by ABA

Standards for the Administration of Assigned Counsel Systems, 1989, by NLADA

Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System, 2002, by ABA and Ten Commandments of Public Defense Delivery System, 2001, by NLADA

Why Public Defenders: Reflections on Recent Experiences in Eastern Europe, 2007 by Zaza Namoradze

Bulgaria:Materials on Models and Schemes of Legal Aid Delivery

Canada: Mixed Service Delivery: lessons from British Columbia, 1999, by S. Poulos and others