U.S. Department
of Justice
Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable
The Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR) brings together 28 federal agencies and offices to coordinate federal programs, develop strategies, and mobilize resources to address barriers to access to justice.
About Us
Since 2012, the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR) has brought together federal agencies to streamline and improve coordination among federal programs; increase the availability of meaningful access to justice for individuals and families, regardless of wealth and status; and promote the efficiency of the federal government. Through interagency collaboration and stakeholder engagement, LAIR develops policy recommendations that improve access to justice in federal, state, local, tribal, and international jurisdictions; advances relevant evidence-based research, data collection, and analysis of civil legal and indigent defense; and promulgates best practices.
As directed through Presidential Memoranda, LAIR is a collaboration of 28 federal agencies and offices, co-chaired by the Attorney General and the Counsel to the President. The Office for Access to Justice staffs LAIR and leads its day-to-day work.
LAIR member agencies participate in committee activities and three plenary meetings per year, including one convening of agency principals. LAIR also develops annual reports on key access to justice topics.
2024 Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Report
- 2023 Report | Access to Justice in Federal Administrative Proceedings: Nonlawyer Assistance and Other Strategies
- 2022 Report | Access to Justice Through Simplification: A Roadmap for People-Centered Simplification of Federal Government Forms, Processes, and Language
- 2021 Report | Access to Justice in the Age of COVID-19
- 2016 Report | Expanding Access to Justice, Strengthening Federal Programs
Federal Partners
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. Digital Service
- Domestic Policy Council
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Office for Access to Justice
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