VAAP testifies before VT Senate Judiciary

On Friday February 07, 2025, VAAP joined directors from Legal Services Vermont, Vermont Legal Aid, Vermont Bar Foundation, Vermont Bar Association, and the Vermont Human Rights Commission in sharing testimony about Vermont’s unmet civil legal needs before the Senate Committee on Judiciary. Watch a recording of VAAP’s and Access to Justice Coalition partners’ testimony from 9am here and from 10am here and review presenters’ handouts below:

• Jill Martin Diaz, Vermont Asylum Assistance Project:

  • The Case for Increased Immigration Civil Legal Assistance in Vermont 2025

• Big Hartman, Vermont Human Rights Commission:

  • Human Rights Commission Annual Report FY 24

• Bob Paolini, Vermont Bar Association; Sam Abel-Palmer, Legal Services Vermont; Yasmin Dwedar, Vermont Legal Aid:

  • 2024 Vermont Statewide Legal Needs Assessment

  • The Case for Immigration Civil Legal Services in 2025

  • Vermont Access to Justice Coalition Legislative Request for Funding