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

 

 

The Consortium for the National Equal Justice Library is a District of Columbia non-profit Corporation with 501(c)(3) status which is supported by foundation grants and private donations.  It was formed in 1990 by the American Bar Association, the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and the American Association of Law Libraries for the purpose of establishing a library focused on the subject of equal access to justice.  After considering several law schools the Consortium chose the new law building of American University's Washington College of Law, then under construction, as the home for this new institution. The law school donated the space for the National Equal Justice Library but the Consortium is responsible for obtaining all funds for the Library's operations. From the beginning, the Consortium has had a distinguished Board of Directors, some chosen by the governing bodies of the three founding organizations and others selected on an at-large basis.  Over the years the board has included a former Attorney General of the United States, three Presidents of the American Bar Association, three Presidents of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, a President of the American Association of Law Libraries, as well as judges, law school deans and professors, library professionals, legal services lawyers, public defenders, and partners in some of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country.


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