National Center for Access to Justice Inc C/O Fordham Law School

“The return was presented to the board for review before the return was filed”

“The board reviews and approves the compensation of the executive director. Comparable salary data and job performance are the factors used in determining compensation level.”

“The organization makes all documents available to the public as required by law. This includes the 990 and irs form 1023.”

“The national center for access to justice is the academically affiliated national organization that relies on data to accomplish policy reforms that help people obtain access to justice in the civil and criminal justice systems. The center partners with the bar, judiciary, law schools, the legal services community, and other stakeholders. The center's tools include litigation, books and reports, public education and public advocacy, conferences, and legislative drafting.”

“The board members are volunteers.”

“Ncaj supports selected new models for access to justice, including through a) developing new roles for non-lawyers, c) writing an annual memorandum about the movement to expand access to justice, c)carrying out research, including as a consultant to social science research projects examining the role of judges and non-lawyer "navigators" in housing court, d) maintaining the justice index in which states are ranked based on their degree of adoption of selected best models for access to justice. Language access courts function adequately only when judges, witnesses, parties and other people understand each other in the courtroom and at clerks' desks. When participants have limited proficiency in english, language assistance is needed. Ncaj works to ensure that courts, lawyers, litigants, and members of the public understand the importance of adequate language access in the courts. Ncaj's justice index includes a language access sub-index that is routinely used by government, court officials, reporters, and the public to promote selected best practices for interpreting and translating in state court systems. The legal education project ncaj educates the national law school community and the public about the importance of pro bono service by law students, and about the importance of including in the law school curriculum a direct focus on concerns about, and solutions to, the challenge of assuring access to justice to all.”