The Office of Civil Legal Aid is required to report quarterly to the bipartisan Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee and the Washington Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Board on the use of state funds for legal aid.  Copies of the quarterly reports for the 2005-07 biennium are found below:

July – September 2005
October – December 2005
January – March 2006
April – June 2006
July – September 2006
October – December 2006

January -- March 2007

March -- June 2007

July -- September 2007

October -- December 2007

The Office of Civil Legal Aid is also required to report biennially on the status of access to the civil justice system for low-income people eligible for state-funded legal aid.

The 2007-09 Biennial Report on the Status of Access to the Civil Justice System for Low-Income Washingtonians will be posted here upon its publication. 

In 2001 the Washington Supreme Court established a Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding.  Chaired by Justice Charles W. Johnson, the Task Force conducted the state's first study of unmet civil legal needs and issued a series of reports and recommendations related to the provision of civil legal aid services in Washington State.  The following reports were prepared and published by the Task Force. 

Washington State Civil Legal Needs Study  (9/2003)

Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding, Final Report (5/2004)

Task Force on Civil Equal Justice Funding, Quantification Analysis (5/2004)

On January 17, 2008, the Office of Civil Legal Aid provided the Washington State Bar Association's Board of Governors with an update on its activities.  Here is the WSBA Update PowerPoint.