Paralegals and the Administration of Justice — Innovative Approaches and Recommendations

See U.S. Department of Labour Projections for Occupations in 1983. The date projected indicates that by 1990, paralegals will be the occupation most in demand.

Paralegals: A Resource for Public Defenders and Correctional Services, A Prescriptive Package from the Office of Technology Transfer, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (LEAA) (1976) p. 2.

Legal Assistants Update (1981) p. 13.

Paralegals: A Resource for Public Defenders, supra, note 2, at 5.

See generally: Paralegals, A Selected Bibliography, U.S. Department of Justice (LEAA) (1978).

Bennett Hess , Criminal Investigation (1981).

See Muir W. , Street Corner Politicians (1977); Black D. , The Manners and Customs of the Police (1980); Niederhoffer A. , Behind the Shield (1969).

In particular, paralegals have been used in the Dallas, Baltimore and Philadelphia Police Departments.

Paralegals: A Resource for Public Defenders, supra, note 2, at 8.

Ulrich P. Mucklestone R. , Working with Legal Assistants, A Team Approach for Lawyers and Legal Assistants, Vol. I 39 (1980).

Ibid. at 244.

Ulrich P. Mucklestone R. , Working with Legal Assistants, A Team Approach for Lawyers and Legal Assistants, Vol. II 709 (1980).

Kaplan J. Waltz J. , Criminal Evidence 2 (1980).

Legal Assistants, Practising Law Institute (1982).

Ibid., at 578.

Ibid., at 583.

Ibid., at 594.

Ulrich P. , Working with Legal Assistants, Vol. I at 127.

See generally: McCloskey v. Maryland, 337 F2d 72 (4th Cir. 1964); Burns v. Swensen, 430 F2d 771 (8th Cir. 1970); Nolan v. Scofati, 430 F2d 548 (1st Circuit 1970); See also American Bar Association, Providing Legal Services to Prisoners : Kerper Kerper , Legal Rights of the Convicted 385–489 (1974).

Paralegals, A Resource for Public Defenders, supra, note 2, at 23.

Legal Assistants, supra note 3, at 83–89.

Ibid., at 85.

Paralegals, A Resource for Public Defenders, supra, note 2, at 25.

See: Providing Legal Services to Prisoners: An Analysis and Report, The Resource Centre on Correctional Law and Legal Services (1973).

e.g. The University of Baltimore Law School's Prison Law Project, The Prisoners Rights Project, Inc., Boston, Mass.; Legal Aid and Defenders Society, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

Legal Assistants, supra, note 3, at 121–122.