NAMED COLLECTIONS are the major building blocks of the National Equal Justice Library and are intended to honor the donor or whomever the donor designates for his or her commitment to the legal services, defender or pro bono movements.

Named Collections can be donated in a variety of ways:

a law firm may wish to donate a Named Collection in honor of one of its partners or the firm itself to commemorate this commitment.

a group of firms may wish to combine to donate a Named Collection honoring a lawyer in the community who has made significant contribution to these movements or to honor the jurisdiction itself for the collective public service of its lawyers through representation of the poor, including legal services attorneys, defenders, private lawyers, academics and others.

corporate law departments, bar associations, bar foundations, and law schools may wish to donate Named Collections in the name of the organization or an individual it considers worthy of the honor.

Examples of the types of collections of interest include, but are not limited to:

Early History of the Civil Legal Aid Movement in the United States (circa 1876-1919)

Pre-Gideon History of Public Defense and Representation of Criminal Defendants (prior to 1963)

Oral History Collections with Those Involved with the Development of Legal Services, Defender, and Pro Bono Movements

Client Organizations and Their Contributions to the Representation of the Poor