NEWS
- 05/25/2023: Colorado enacts right to counsel for parents in due process appeals where the parent prevailed below >>
- 05/23/2023: Campaign launched for eviction RTC in North Jersey >>
- 05/19/2023: Minnesota creates limited statewide tenant right to counsel >>
- 05/25/2023: Colorado enacts right to counsel for parents in due process appeals where the parent prevailed below >>
- 05/23/2023: Campaign launched for eviction RTC in North Jersey >>
- 05/19/2023: Minnesota creates limited statewide tenant right to counsel >>
- 05/19/2023: Westchester County is first county with tenant right to counsel >>
- 05/17/2023: St. Pete weighs right to counsel for tenants facing eviction >>
- 05/16/2023: All about Detroit's tenant right to counsel >>
- 05/15/2023: Multnomah County RTC ballot initiative voted down >>
INTERACTIVE MAP
Our interactive map allows you to see recent activity, established rights to counsel, NCCRC involvement, and NCCRC presence by state.
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April 7, 2023 (10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET)
Tenant right to counsel
We maintain a comprehensive tenant right to counsel resource page, including a guide to all of the enacted city/ state laws, organizing success stories, and more. Check it out!
Why a Right to counsel?
For many types of civil cases, the potential consequences of losing are dramatic: loss of one's home, children, livelihood, education, health, safety, liberty, or even life. The right to an attorney for people who can't afford one in such cases protects these basic rights, helps the court reaches the correct result, saves more money than it costs, and serves as a best practice in our communities. While every state provides a right to counsel for some types of civil cases, it's a patchwork at best. Since 2003, the NCCRC and its participants and partners have fought for such a right in states across the country.
The NCCRC: 20 years of progress!
That's right! The NCCRC has been advancing the right to counsel in civil matters for two decades now! We are so excited by the work we've done and supported throughout the years. Learn more about how far we've come!
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Want to find out about practically everything (media story, study/report, law review article, etc.) that's ever been written about the civil right to counsel? You'll find it in our bibliographies.