Burnett, Matthew and Rebecca L. Sandefur. Forthcoming, 2026. "Just Security: Access to Justice and Precarity." In Handbook on Insecurity and Society, edited by Michael A. Long, Andrew S. Fullerton, Rachel M. Schmitz, and Kelley J. Sittner.
Sandefur, Rebecca L. and Matthew Burnett. Forthcoming, 2025. “Justice Futures: Access to Justice and the Future of Justice Work." In Rethinking the Lawyer’s Monopoly: Access to Justice and the Future of Legal Services, edited by David Engstrom and Nora Freeman Engstrom.
Sandefur, Rebecca L. and Matthew Burnett. 2023. “All together now: Building a shared access to justice research framework for theoretical insight and actionable intelligence.” Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 13(4).
Burnett, Matthew and Rebecca L. Sandefur. 2022. “Designing Just Solutions at Scale: Lawyerless Legal Services and Evidence-Based Regulation." Public Law, 19 (102).
Burnett, Matthew and Rebecca L. Sandefur, “Justice Work as Democracy Work: Reimagining Access to Justice as Democratization,” South Carolina Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).
Sandefur, Rebecca L. and Matthew Burnett, “Building Successful Justice Worker Programs: Emerging Insights from Research and Practice,“ Alaska Law Review (2025).
Burnett, Matthew and Rebecca L. Sandefur, "A People-Centered Approach to Designing and Evaluating Community Justice Worker Programs in the United States," Fordham Urban Law Journal (2024).
Sandefur, Rebecca L., James Teufel, and Matthew Burnett. (Forthcoming 2025). "State of the Art in Civil Legal Needs Surveys: A Comparative Perspective." (Bureau of Justice Statistics Award #15PBJS-23-GK-05687-MUMU)
Sandefur, Rebecca L., Matthew Burnett, Lauren Sudeall, Emily Taylor Poppe, and James Teufel. 2024. “Access to Justice Research as a Tool for Advancing Federal Priorities: Workshop Report.” (National Science Foundation Award #2341716)
Sandefur, Rebecca L., Matthew Burnett, and Julia Dos Santos Drummond. 2023. “People-Centered Access to Justice Research: A Global Perspective.” Justice Data Observatory Research Report 1. Chicago, IL: American Bar Foundation. (International Development Research Centre Award #110038)
Burnett, Matthew and Pascal Sobol. 2021. “Making the Law Work for People: A Handbook on Legal Empowerment and Inclusive Innovation." New York, NY: Open Society Foundations.
Brief of Amicus Curiae Professor Rebecca L. Sandefur and 26 Empirical Scholars in Support of Petitioners South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Marvin Neal, Robynne Campbell, and De’Ontay Winchester, Supreme Court of South Carolina (2023).
Brief of Amicus Curiae Professor Rebecca L. Sandefur and 26 Empirical Scholars in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants for Reversal in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP et. al. v Wilson, United States District Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Case 2:23-cv-01121.
Amicus Brief of Professor Rebecca L. Sandefur and 22 Empirical Scholars in Support of Appellees in Upsolve, Inc. v. James, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Case 22-1345.
Empowering Justice Through Community Justice Workers. MIE Journal. 2024 (With Nikole Nelson and Rebecca L. Sandefur)
Envisioning a people-centered A2J research, data agenda. Law 360 Canada. 2024. (With Adrian Di Giovanni)
Building Sustainable Revenue in Community-Based Organizations: Lessons from the Legal Empowerment Field. Open Global Rights. 2021. (With Connor Smith)
How Small Data Can Improve Access to Justice for the Poor. Open Society Foundation’s Voices. 2018.
Frontline Justice, Public Comment to the Arizona Judicial Council on Proposed Section 7-211: Community-Based Justice Worker Service Delivery Models. 2024. (With Nikole Nelson)
Public Comment to the Supreme Court of Texas Regarding Proposed Rules Governing Licensed Court-Access Assistants. 2024. (With Rebecca L. Sandefur)
Frontline Justice, Public Comment on the Interim Recommendations of the Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future. 2024. (With Rebecca L. Sandefur, Nikole Nelson, and Jim Sandman)
Frontline Justice, Public Comment on the Proposed Washington State Pilot Test of Entity Regulation.
2024. (With Rebecca L. Sandefur, Nikole Nelson, and Jim Sandman)
Public Comment to the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) on Nonlawyer Assistance and Representation. 2024. (With Rebecca L. Sandefur)
Frontline Justice, Public Comment on the Report and Recommendations of the Texas Access to Legal Services Working Group. 2024. (With Rebecca L. Sandefur and Nikole Nelson)
National Center for Access to Justice, Letter Opposing Bill in California Senate Judiciary Committee. 2022. (With David Udell)
National Center for Access to Justice, Comments on California Paraprofessional Licensing Program. 2022. (With David Udell and Bruce Green)
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