Wall Street Journal Article (front page) Comments on One of Bill's Books: "Case Analysis became [the] bible"

The Wall Street Journal

Friday, December 24, 2010 (page A1 and A12)

“A Solitary Jailhouse Lawyer Argues His Way Out of Prison”

For 15 years in prison Jabbar Collins maintained his innocence of the murder he was convicted of in New York. Through his own research in prison he was able to amass arguments and documents that convinced an attorney to take his case, which ultimately led to his release from prison. His conviction was overturned. One of his resources in prison was Statsky's Case andalysis and Fundamentals of Legal Writing:

  

“A thick text for paralegals called Case Analysis and Fundamentals of Legal Writing became his bible.”

 Upon his release, Mr. Collins became employed as a paralegal in Manhattan.

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Click Here for a Link to the Book Referred to in the Wall St. Article - Case Analysis, 4th Ed

Another Link to the 4th Edition of Case Analysis

This book is part of the casebook called:
Rights of the Imprisoned: Cases, Materials, and Directions

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                        Table of ContentS OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK 

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction

Part II. The Therapeutic State

2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack 

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

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Table of Contents OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK 

Part I. Introduction

Part II. The Therapeutic State
2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack 

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

Click for Information about this Book

Amazon Link on the Book

                   Table of Contents OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK

Part I. Introduction

1.Introduction

Part II. The Therapeutic State

2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

Click for Information about this Book

Amazon Link on the Book

Table of Contents OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK 

Part I. Introduction

1.Introduction 

Part II. The Therapeutic State

2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of Sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack 

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

                        Link to This Article

Russian Article on The Jailhouse Lawyer (1975)

(Bill wrote an article on the jailhouse lawyer that was translated into Russian. See the yellow below for the spelling of Bill's name in Russian!)

Quoted in Newsweek, page __, September 2, 1974
(article on "jailhouse lawyers")

Inmate Involvement in Prison Legal Services: Roles and Training Options for the Inmate as Paralegal 1974

by William P. Statsky, Professor of Law, Antioch School of Law

(Materials prepared by Bill for the American Bar Association's Commission on Correctional Facilities and services)

Information about this Book

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Roles for Inmates in Institutional Legal Service Programs

What is a paralegal?

What is a Legal Problem?

What are Legal Services?

The Legal Problems of Inmates and Their Legal Service Needs

Methods of Providing Legal Services Other than Through the Use of Inmates

Roles for Inmates in Institutional Legal Service Programs

The Inmate as Paralegal

Program Models in the Utilization of Inmates in the Utilization if Inmates in Institutional Legal Service Programs (Models 1-6)

Inmate Paralegal Programs in America

Resources Available in Setting Up Legal Service Programs Involving Inmates as Paralegals

Guidelines for Trainers in the Design of Training Programs for Inmate Paralegals

Objectives of Training

Recruitment of Trainees

Teaching Techniques

Facts vs. Law: Teaching Inmates to State a Claim

Providing Basic Checklists

Teaching Constitutional Law to Laymen

Constitutional Law Governing Criminal Trials

Constitutional Law Governing Institutional Life

Teaching Inmate Paralegals

Hearing Representation

Mediation

Role-Playing: How to Use it Effectively

Teaching Legal Research

An Introduction to the Law of Corrections: Preventive Law for Corrections Employees 1972

by William Statsky, Adjunct Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

(These materials were prepared for a training program Bill conducted at Soledad Prison in California for prison guards)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

1. An Introduction to Preventive Law

2. Distinguishing Between Rights and Privileges

• Goldberg v. Kelly
• Clutchette v. Procunier

3. Understanding How Courts Reason: Dangers and Questions

• Surprise: Notice
• Arbitrariness: Standards
• Pressure: Informed Consent
• Legal Bias: Cross-Checking
• Discipline: Hearing
• Undue Emphasis on Security and Cost
• Good Faith Effort to Try Less Drastic Alternatives

4. Identifying Legal problems Within Our Criminal Justice System: The Case History of peter Smith

• Juvenile delinquency
• Criminal Commitment
• Criminal Commitment
• Civil Commitment

5. New Crimes Committed in Prison: The Exclusionary rule

6. Access to the courts

7. Religion in the Institution

8. Speech in the Institution

9. Cruel and Unusual Punishment