The relevance of the article is stipulated by the necessity to study a specific type of legal education -- legal clinical education. However, legal clinics are the basis for the practical training and students' practice implementation i.e. they allow to transfer the obtained theoretical knowledge into the practical ones. The purpose of the study…

Hadfield's "Rules for a Flat World" describes how today's legal infrastructure harms people globally who live in the "Bottom of the Pyramid" (BoP). People who pass through the Kino Border Initiative on the U.S.- Mexico border provide vivid and personal examples of how lack of robust legal infrastructure contributes to acute…

There is a human rights crisis in Indian Country. This crisis--one of many--is the result of an almost universal lack of legal representation of Native people when they appear as defendants in tribal courts. The lack of lay advocates and attorneys representing Native defendants creates tremendous problems for tribal members who find themselves in…

In addition to growing epidemics of HIV transgenders in Thailand, a low awareness of how to access justice increases their vulnerability to HIV infection. This paper presents a unique case study of how one community-based and led organisations used social networking and instant messaging to address this problem among transgender community in…

The booklet discusses the legal rights of the retarded focusing on the question of advocacy. A number of issues relating to setting priorities in legal services programs are examined with respect to the retarded. Resources for legal advocacy for the retarded are listed and described, including community legal services programs, state advocacy…

This is the 1970-71 annual report of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Summaries of court decisions as a result of Legal Defense Fund (LDF) action are included in the areas of education, employment, legal problems of prominent black individuals, and problems of indigent minorities. Activities of special project areas within LDF are included, as well…

The alien's right to representation often makes the crucial difference between his being able to remain and being deported. Regulations have been issued as to classes of persons who are authorized to represent the alien. These include attorneys, law students and law graduates, reputable individuals, accredited representatives of recognized…

Descriptions of realistic incidents in which a deaf person can be legally abused due to a lack of knowledge regarding his personal rights. (RD)

Concerned that the undocumented alien questions should not be pushed aside, MALDEF focused its efforts on presenting Mexican American immigration concerns both in individual meetings with Carter's "domestic issues man" and with other administration officials. MALDEF also facilitated Administration meetings on immigration with other…

People need access to precise information about their rights and the ways of retaining these rights. Librarians can perform a valuable service to their patrons and to the democracy of our country by providing the people with the necessary materials and information concerning their rights. (NH)

Presented is a manual designed to aid social workers and other staff of institutions in dealing with problems of disabled Social Security Administration (SSA) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who receive their benefits through representative payees. Information is provided about such topics as different types of benefits,…

An analysis of the routine activities of interest group lawyers involved in the Mississippi civil rights movement revealed that (1) while the lawyers preferred the federal courts as an arena for litigation, most work was done in state and local tribunals and (2) they served as a legal aid society. (Author/RM)

From paper delivered at 80th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 31, 1969, on the legality of student dissent. (IR)

The civil rights of American Indians, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and the 1968 Indian Bill of Rights, are discussed in this handbook. The 3 kinds of rights discussed are (1) the freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly; (2) the right to due process of law; and (3) the guarantee of equal protection under the laws, or freedom from…