A new branch of an ongoing study at UW-Madison recently received a two-year, $300,000 grant to fund a project that concentrates on legal representation for low-income litigants and ensuring every person a just and empirical foundation for each trial.
The project, directed by UW-Madison law professor Tonya Brito and UW-Milwaukee social work associate professor David Pate, points out that lawsuits regarding foreclosures, social security and nonpayment of child support have been at an increase since the 2008 economic recession, making their research more relevant than ever.
Brito and Pate will use the grant from the National Science Foundation for the third and last stage of their qualitative research, according to a release by UW-Madison News.
Their work previously accepted seed funding from the Institute for Research on Poverty, of which both Brito and Pate are affiliates.
