EQUAL  JUSTICE  UPDATE
Annual Report 2001

 

 To  Preserve  the  Past

To  Serve  the  Present

To Enhance the Future

National Equal     Justice Library  

Washington College of Law            4801 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.  Washington, D.C. 20016

Telephone = (202) 274-4320

FAX = (202) 274-4365 

 e-mail = nejl@wcl.american.edu 

 

Main NEJL website=              http:// nejl.wcl.american.edu

This website is made possible by contributions from California Trial Guide          Federal Civil Trial Guide and the Trial Guide series published by Matthew Bender & Company.             

 

HONOR ROLL OF MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NATIONAL EQUAL JUSTICE LIBRARY

*SPONSORED COLLECTIONS* ($25,000)

Arnold and Porter Collection in honor of Abe Fortas on  the Constitutional Right to Counsel in Criminal Cases

James Doherty Collection on Indigent Criminal Defense in Chicago and the State of Illinois

Barbara and Earl Johnson Collection on Legal Aid in the United Kingdom              

Harriet Wilson Ellis Collection on Educational Programs

*FOUNDERS* ($10,000)

American Bar Association

Hale and Dorr

Jenner & Block

Washington College of Law

*BENEFACTORS* ($5,000)

ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responibilities

ABA Litigation Section

Philip H. Corboy

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrisonSullivan and Cromwell

*FIRST FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL EQUAL JUSTICE LIBRARY* ($100-$3,000) presently includes over 400 individuals and law firms [for a complete list visit the Library's other website at http://nejl.wcl.american.edu] 

 FOUNDATION GRANTORS ($20,000-$250,000)

Mellon Foundation

Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation

Leonardt Foundation

Cudahy Fund

Joyce Foundation

 

 


National Equal Justice Library

(6) Historical Museum and Exhibits

The NEJL has created a modest museum at the Library. It consists of exhibits combining text, photos, copies of documents, and graphics to present a quick overview of the history of civil legal services, public criminal defense, and similar developments. Also included is an exhibit providing highlights about legal aid in England, continental Europe, and Canada. The museum likewise features two display cases holding originals of some of the key historical documents and artifacts.

At this point, the museum exhibits are necessarily limited in coverage because they are physically affixed to display walls. But we have plans to introduce technologies that will allow us to present more information and in a more interesting form within the same space.

In addition to the permanent historical exhibits at the NEJL itself, we also have created a portable display using copies of selected materials from the permanent exhibit. This portable version was shown at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Bar Association and the 1999 and 2000 conferences of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. It also is available for other conferences and schools. During 2000 we created an Internet version of this same exhibit and installed it on the NEJL website described at (8) below.


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The NEJL Website can be found at --

http://nejl.wcl.american.edu

This website will soon be joined by a companion website featuring information about legal aid developments elsewhere in the world.