Equality Undercover

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Equality Undercover
Armed with fake résumés, well-rehearsed backgrounds, and a unanimous 7th Circuit ruling upholding their standing to sue, employment testers are now able to offer courts something that most actual victims of hiring discrimination can’t: evidence.
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Law Schools & ‘Low Bono’
Law schools are the latest U.S. institutions to step up in the struggle to find help for people in pursuit of justice. The Law School Consortium promotes alumni networks that help extend affordable “low bono” assistance to couples like the Farleys, who would have faced financial ruin without it. ( 891k)

SPECIAL REPORT: PRO SE

The Pro Se Puzzle
It’s the Judge Judy era, so it’s hardly surprising that hyperbolic headlines and stories in the press have declared an explosion of self-represented (pro se) litigants flooding into civil court. Is it true? Are attorneys obsolete? Not a chance. Explosions are for volcanoes. The truth is, civil litigants have been going it alone for ages. What’s changed is our national awareness of the issue and the legal community’s increasingly innovative ways to address it. ( 840k)

Perspectives

• A trial judge who tries ( 258k)
• The court that grew wheels ( 249k)
• The client who could ( 207k)
• An attorney who likes java ( 247k)
• An address in cyberspace ( 102k)

DEPARTMENTS

• President’s Message ( 66k)
• News & Notes ( 328k)
• Our View: The Case for $415 Million ( 89k)
• Judicial Profile: Thomas Kilbride ( 255k)
• LSC Up Close: Long-Distance Justice ( 135k)
• Technology ( 209k)
• Litigation Report: Discrimination on the Farm ( 170k)
• Other Voices: A Survivor’s Story ( 73k)

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