The Committee on Access to Justice (CAJ) continues to explore and promote opportunities to ensure legal access for the poor on environmental and land use matters. Several activities are underway.

     First, the CAJ is expanding its highly successful initiative to produce educational documents by distributing a survey soliciting suggestions on topics. The survey is addressed to lawyers who represent indigent clients. Once the information is obtained, the CAJ will seek members of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section who will write the brochures.

     Second, the CAJ is working with the Florida Coastal School of Law on its conference entitled “Environmental Summit 2001: The Universality of Environmental Law and Sustainable Development”. The CAJ is focusing on the environmental justice element of the conference.

     For more information on the CAJ and its activities, please contact Suzi Ruhl at sruhl@leaf-envirolaw.org.