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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1
In terms of content, some of the countries such as Italy have very little information about them while others go into more detail. There are also many countries/regions left out of the article entirely such as the Middle East, which causes me to question if public interest law is not practiced in these areas or if there are gaps in the information provided. Additionally the content provided for the countries that are talked about is brief. They do not go into the funding or effectiveness of this type of work in the United States, which is critical information when evaluating this type of practice. While the effectiveness of litigation is briefly referenced in the article Legal mobilisation, this article has only a few sentences written apart from the intro and seems very unfinished. The tone of the article seems very neutral and while there are debates about the effectiveness of this type of law and whether the government should fund public interest law organizations, no political views were reflected in the article. The article was also organized in a way that was easy to follow. It may have been nice to have subheadings within the main region/country headings, however I am unsure if this is a common practice on Wikipedia. Within both the scope of the WikiLaw Project and WikiProject Politics, this article was rated Start-Class on the project's quality scale and Top-Importance on the project's important scale. I agree with the Start-Class rating because it seemed to still be lacking content and could use more source. I think the content that is there is meaningful, however I think it most readers will need more. Overall, I think this article does a good job defining public interest law and giving a brief introduction on its history and function in certain countries/regions, however I think it could benefit from more detailed information and a few more recent sources.
 * Article title
 * Public Interest Law
 * Article Evaluation
 * The lead section of this article clearly defines public interest law and sets up the the rest of the article that will go into depth about how this type of law works in different countries/regions of the world. It is also concise, making up a total of six sentences.
 * Sources
 *  Albiston, Catherine, Su Li, and Laura Nelson. “Public Interest Law Organizations and the Two-Tier System of Access to Justice in the United States.” Law and Social Inquiry, vol.42, no. 4, Fall 2017, pg. 990-1022
 * Albiston, Catherine, and Laura Nelson. “Funding the Cause: How Public Interest Law  Organizations Fund Their Activities and Why It Matters for Social Change.” Law and   Social Inquiry, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter 2014, pg. 62-95
 * Freeman, Alexi Nunn, and Jim Freeman. "It's about Power, Not Policy: Movement Lawyering for Large-Scale Social Change." Clinical Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2016, p.   147-166.HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clinic2&i=151 
 * Albiston, Catherine, and Laura Nelson. “Funding the Cause: How Public Interest Law  Organizations Fund Their Activities and Why It Matters for Social Change.” Law and   Social Inquiry, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter 2014, pg. 62-95
 * Freeman, Alexi Nunn, and Jim Freeman. "It's about Power, Not Policy: Movement Lawyering for Large-Scale Social Change." Clinical Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2016, p.   147-166.HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clinic2&i=151 
 * Freeman, Alexi Nunn, and Jim Freeman. "It's about Power, Not Policy: Movement Lawyering for Large-Scale Social Change." Clinical Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2016, p.   147-166.HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clinic2&i=151 

Kosbie, Jeffrey. "Donor Preferences and the Crisis in Public Interest Law." Santa Clara Law

Review, vol. 57, no. 1, 2017, p. 43-96. HeinOnline,

https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/saclr57&i=43

Southworth, Ann. "Lawyer-Client Decision Making in Civil Rights and Poverty Practice: An

Empirical Study of Lawyers' Norms." Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, vol. 9, no. 4,

Summer 1996, p. 1101-1156. HeinOnline,

https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/geojlege9&i=1111

Southworth, Ann. "Lawyers and the Myth of Rights in Civil Rights and Poverty Practice."

Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, Spring 1999, p. 469-520.

HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/bupi8&i=487

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Legal mobilisation
 * Article Evaluation
 * Legal mobilization is a very short article. It has a solid lead section, but the three following sections have either one sentence or no information at all. One of the three sections, "study and research," is completely empty and has a box that says "This section is empty. You can help by adding to it." In the entire article there are only six sources. This article has a "Start-Class" rating, but has been rated "High Importance," so I feel like it needs people to add sources and information to it. It is hard to evaluate the writing and bias in this article because there is so little information. I think it is on an important topic and has been started well, but needs a significant amount of information added to it to make it meaningful to readers.
 * Sources
 * Cummings, Scott L. "Empirical Studies of Law and Social Change What Is the Field - What Are the Questions." Wisconsin Law Review, vol. 2013, no. 1, 2013, p. 171-204. HeinOnline,   https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/wlr2013&i=175
 * Nahmias, David. "The Changemaker Lawyer Innovating the Legal Profession for Social  Change." California Law Review, vol. 106, no. 4, August 2018, p. 1335-1378.   HeinOnline,   https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/calr106&i=1365
 * Southworth, Ann. "Lawyers and the Myth of Rights in Civil Rights and Poverty Practice."  Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, Spring 1999, p. 469-520.  HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/bupi8&i=487
 * Freeman, Alexi Nunn, and Jim Freeman. "It's about Power, Not PolicyMovement Lawyering for Large-Scale Social Change." Clinical Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2016, p.   147-166.HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clinic2&i=151.
 * Southworth, Ann. "Lawyers and the Myth of Rights in Civil Rights and Poverty Practice."  Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, Spring 1999, p. 469-520.  HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/bupi8&i=487
 * Freeman, Alexi Nunn, and Jim Freeman. "It's about Power, Not PolicyMovement Lawyering for Large-Scale Social Change." Clinical Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2016, p.   147-166.HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clinic2&i=151.
 * Freeman, Alexi Nunn, and Jim Freeman. "It's about Power, Not PolicyMovement Lawyering for Large-Scale Social Change." Clinical Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2016, p.   147-166.HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clinic2&i=151.
 * Freeman, Alexi Nunn, and Jim Freeman. "It's about Power, Not PolicyMovement Lawyering for Large-Scale Social Change." Clinical Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2016, p.   147-166.HeinOnline, https://heinonline-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clinic2&i=151.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * American Civil Liberties Union
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is one of the few articles on Wikipedia rated a "Good Article." It is very long and goes into depth about many different aspects of the ACLU the organization, early years, history of organization separated into segments, and many links to further readings. There are over 400 sources used for this article and it provides many perspectives making it a neutral article. The organization is clear to follow and there are many pictures that make it more visually appealing. I cannot think of anything to add to this article.
 * Sources
 *  Albiston, Catherine, Su Li, and Laura Nelson. “Public Interest Law Organizations and the Two-Tier System of Access to Justice in the United States.” Law and Social Inquiry, vol.42, no. 4, Fall 2017, pg. 990-1022
 * Albiston, Catherine, and Laura Nelson. “Funding the Cause: How Public Interest Law  Organizations Fund Their Activities and Why It Matters for Social Change.” Law and   Social Inquiry, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter 2014, pg. 62-95
 * Zacklin, Emily. “Popular Constitutionalism’s Hard When You’re Not Very Popular Why the  ACLU Turned to Courts” Law and Society Review. vol. 48, no. 2, June 2008, pg.  367-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5893.2008.00345.x
 * Albiston, Catherine, and Laura Nelson. “Funding the Cause: How Public Interest Law  Organizations Fund Their Activities and Why It Matters for Social Change.” Law and   Social Inquiry, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter 2014, pg. 62-95
 * Zacklin, Emily. “Popular Constitutionalism’s Hard When You’re Not Very Popular Why the  ACLU Turned to Courts” Law and Society Review. vol. 48, no. 2, June 2008, pg.  367-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5893.2008.00345.x
 * Zacklin, Emily. “Popular Constitutionalism’s Hard When You’re Not Very Popular Why the  ACLU Turned to Courts” Law and Society Review. vol. 48, no. 2, June 2008, pg.  367-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5893.2008.00345.x

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