North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission Urges Right to Counsel in Certain Civil Cases

 

On June 3, 2008, the North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission, appointed by former Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake, released a report on changes necessary to increase access to justice in the state.

The commission noted that more than one-third of the state's population had incomes low enough to qualify for help from legal aid, and yet only 20 percent are able to obtain legal assistance because legal aid programs are stretched so thin.

 

 

 

It recommends, among other reforms, that the state increase funding for legal aid organizations and provide a statutory right to counsel in certain civil cases.

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