Joanne Martin
Research Professor
- 750 N. Lake Shore Drive
- 4th Floor
- Chicago, IL 60611
Education
J.D., Loyola University School of Law; M.M., Northwestern University
Research focus
Access to justice issues as they are affected by formal changes in the law, policy-related activity, concerns about social justice embodied in the professional responsibility obligations of lawyers, and the formal education of lawyers to be.
Projects
- Legal Services for the Poor: A Supply Side Analysis
- Latest finding: Jan 23, 2008, with Stephen Daniels
- Providing adequate legal services to the poor is a perennial problem. Typically, it is addressed in terms of the amount of unmet demand. Little attention, however, is paid to the supply side of the…
- It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Plaintiff's Lawyers and the Evolution of Tort Law and Practice in Texas
- Latest finding: Jan 22, 2008, with Stephen Daniels
- This project is examining the effects of tort reform on plaintiffs’ lawyers’ practices through a study of the impact of a series of major tort reforms recently enacted in Texas.…
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Publications
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“Alive and Well (Maybe) in Texas: Plaintiffs’ Practice in
the Age of Tort Reform”
- New York Law School Law Review
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“Plaintiffs’ Practice in the Age of Tort Reform: Survival of
the Fittest—It’s Even More True Now”
- New York Law School Law Review
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“Pro Bono, Not Just a Professional Responsibility”
- ABA Publishing
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Presentations
- Changes in the IRS Appeals Process and Their Effects
on Perceptions of Independence of Appeals
- Apr 2007
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Professional Service & Recognition
- Member, Editorial Board, Analyzing Law's Reach: Empirical Research on Law and Society (ABA Publishing, forthcoming)
- Associate Editor, Law & Social Inquiry
- Member, Academic Advisory Board, Roscoe Pound Institute