Access Justice is proud to announce that we offer a full range of legal services for Spanish speaking
individuals, including primarily immigration law with our experienced staff attorney Rachel E.B. Lang.

If you’re interested in Access Justice or would like more information about our services En Español,
please call (612)879-8092 or visit our relevant website page http://accessjustice.net/espanol/.

To view Jim Cohen’s Catherine’s Crossing appearance, please see the clip below.
Thank you, all, for your support.

Access Justice’s Executive Director Jim Cohen recently appeared on Metro Cable Network 6. He met
with host Catherine on Catherine’s Crossing to discuss the empowering, quality, and affordable legal
services that Access Justice offers.

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Quality, Affordable Legal Services
a full service, nonprofit, public-interest law firm– for ordinary, working class people.

Cordially invites you to

AJ’s Annual Open House

Come, meet, and mingle with your office neighbors and friends!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the Flour Exchange Building
3 P.M. – 6 P.M.

Join us for Good Food, Beverages & Conversation, and Holiday Cheer!

We look forward to seeing you on December 5^th!

GIVE TO THE MAX DAY
Thursday, November 15, 2012 — Save the Date
Stop by and visit us on Give-To-The-Max Day
We Want and Need Your Support!

Give-to-the-Max Day is right around the corner! Access Justice (AJ) is excited about this year’s event and the opportunity to extend our network of supporters, in addition to connecting with the loyal core of current supporters, many of whom are former clients.

At Access Justice, we are all about helping one of the most overlooked and unserved groups in Minnesota: regular, working class people of modest means whose access to our legal system is virtually nil.

The Forgotten Working Class

These days, very few low- and moderate-income Minnesotans can afford to pay the often outrageous fees needed to hire private attorneys for any purpose. Worse yet, most such ordinary people are also not considered “poor enough” to qualify for free legal aid. This huge, unserved population of 1.3 million working class Minnesotans have long been forgotten by our legal system, and in desperate need of quality and affordable legal assistance.

Expect More. Get More.

AJ is unique: a pioneering public service organization and tax-exempt charity, the establishment of which had been urged by both the private Bar and general public for over 30 years.

In just a few years Access Justice has already filled a critical void in our legal system, earning the praise of clients, colleagues and donors alike. Notably, in September 2012 the prestigious Charities Review Council recognized Access Justice as one of Minnesota’s most trustworthy organizations.

With our emphasis on social justice, Access Justice offers quality assistance across a wide spectrum of legal issues–either without cost (“Pro Bono”) or at very modest, affordable rates (“Low Bono”), which never exceed $99 per hour. Never!

At Access Justice, we believe in Proactive Legal Services: preventive legal counsel that emphasizes, whenever possible, solving problems efficiently without resorting to time-consuming and costly litigation. We always keep our focus on serving the public interest; namely, efficiently and affordably solving problems for regular working class citizens who’ve been unfairly excluded from our legal system.

Think you might forget Give-to-the-Max day on November 15?
No problem. Schedule a donation today! Just click on VISIT-DONATE below, and you will be directed to our dedicated, secure page at GiveMN.

VISIT-DONATE

Thank you!

Access Justice is proud to announce that we have been recognized by the prestigious Charities Review Council as one of Minnesota’s  most trustworthy nonprofit organizations, because of our commitment to accountability and transparency through continuing public disclosure, good governance, healthy financial activity and ethical fundraising. We thank each of our supporters for your generous commitment to our continuing growth and sustainability.

If you are a professional with some services to offer a growing nonprofit law firm, contact us. Access Justice anticipates a growing demand for attorneys, staff, and volunteers in the coming months. Learn more about ways you can join a professional organization that is intent on providing meaningful service to the Twin Cities area communities.

If you are a student interested in gaining experience with a passionate band of legal professionals intent on changing the world (okay, the world of legal services, at least), contact us. Find out about gaining experience in your field of study this summer. Learn how you may want to focus your career goals from like-minded pros. Get on the short list to join the Access Justice team!

You can find out more

The Chief Justice of New Hampshire and the Chief Justice of California discuss ideas to close the “justice gap” and reduce the number of people going to court on their own, without a lawyer (pro se), in this Op-Ed piece from the New York Times: