| The Court hereby establishes the Committee on Equal Access to Legal
Services to examine the civil legal needs of low-income Vermonters. The
Committee shall assess the extent to which civil legal problems are not
being addressed because of lack of funds to hire professional counsel or
inability to effectively proceed pro se. The Committee shall prepare a
report detailing its findings and making recommendations to the Court for
solving any problems identified, including, but not limited to,
recommendations for legislation, rule changes, increasing funding for
civil legal services, and organizing the voluntary efforts of the bar to
increase access to legal services. The chair of the committee is:
Robert B. Hemley, Chair
PO Box 369
Burlington, VT 05402-0369
Members Include:
- Hon. Denise R. Johnson
- Thomas Garrett, Esq.
- Eric Avildsen, Esq.
- Angele Court
- Edna Fairbanks-Williams
- Ellen Mercer Fallon, Esq.
- Donald Rendall, Esq.
- Dean Kinvin Wroth, Esq.
- Sally Fox, Esq.
- John Dinse, Esq.
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