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Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable

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In 2021, President Biden issued a Memorandum restoring the Department of Justice’s access-to-justice function and reinvigorating the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR). The LAIR convenes 28 federal agencies to improve coordination among federal programs and increase availability of meaningful access to justice for individuals and families, regardless of wealth and status. Through interagency collaboration and stakeholder engagement, the LAIR develops policy recommendations that improve access to justice in federal, state, local, tribal, and international jurisdictions, and advance relevant evidence-based research, data collection, and analysis of civil legal and indigent defense, and promulgate best practices. Additionally, the LAIR assists with implementation of Goal 16 of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development and provide access to justice for all.

The LAIR is co-chaired by the Attorney General and the Counsel to the President and staffed by the Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice.

Leadership

Allie Yang-Green 
Executive Director

Contact

Office for Access to Justice
accesstojustice@usdoj.gov  

LAIR Committees

In 2024, LAIR started three committees to carry out its work:

  • Simplification Committee: Aims to make agency programs and services more accessible for the people they aim to support
  • Data and Research Committee: Works on innovative ways to generate and utilize data related to the public’s interactions with federal agencies to resolve legal problems, emphasizing the importance of informed, evidence-based decision-making
  • Innovation Committee: Examines the various ways agencies can utilize nonlawyers to further their missions and maximize resources

Agency members of each committee are listed below.

  • Administrative Conference of the United States
  • AmeriCorps
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Social Security Administration

  • Administrative Conference of the United States
  • AmeriCorps 
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of the Treasury  
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Legal Services Corporation
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Social Security Administration

  • Administrative Conference of the United States
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Legal Services Corporation
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • United States Agency for International Development