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Measuring Access to Justice

Justice depends on having a fair chance to be heard, regardless of who you are, where you live, or how much money you have. At minimum, a person should be able to learn about her rights and then give effective voice to them in a neutral and nondiscriminatory, formal or informal, process that determines the facts, applies the rule of law, and enforces the result.

That is Access to Justice.

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Justice Index 2016 52 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico
6,100+ Data Points

3,000+ Written Citations
110+ Indicators

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Attorney Access Index < 1 There is less than one civil legal aid attorney to help every 10,000 Americans living in poverty See The Data >
Self-Represented Index 48% Overall score for practices to make justice accessible to people without lawyers See The Data >
Language Access Index 50% Half of the jurisdictions have no rule against making non-English speakers pay for a court interpreter See The Data >
Disability Access Index 60% Highest overall score of any of Justice Index 2016’s four categories See The Data >
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