An Obvious Truth: Creating an Action Blueprint for a Civil Right to Counsel in New York State” is the title of the 25th anniversary issue of the Touro Law Review, published in partnership with the New York State Bar Association. The issue stems from a conference held at the law school in March 2008. To download the articles, Click HERE.
Other Articles:
USC law professor and active National Coalition participant Clare Pastore, in the LA Times on Feb. 23, emphasized the ever-greater importance of a civil right to counsel in the current economic climate.
The July-August 2006 issue of Clearinghouse Review featured several articles of interest on establishing a civil right to counsel for indigent clients. Click here to access the table of contents and articles.
A 'Modest' First Step for Civil Justice Plan. Joel Stashenko, New York Law Journal, November 4, 2008.
Access to Justice: Is Civil Gideon a Piece of the Puzzle? Robert Derocher, Bar Leader, July-August 2008.
Advocacy for a Civil Right to Counsel: An Update. Paul Marvy, Clearinghouse Review, March-April 2008.
Access to Justice: Opening the Courthouse Door. David Udell and Rebekah Diller. Brennan Center for Justice, 2007.
Gideon Redux: A Defender's View. James Neuhard. Cornerstone, Fall 2006.
Shaping a Context-Based Civil Gideon From the Dynamics of Social Change. Russell Engler. Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review, Summer 2006.
A Defined Right to Counsel: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Michael D. Fox. Connecticut Lawyer, April 2006
Trumpeting Civil Gideon: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Mary Deutsch Schneider. Bench & Bar of Minnesota, April 2006.
Case Raises Civil Gideon Issue. Jane Pribek. Wisconsin Law Journal, March 22, 2006.
A Civil Right to Counsel for the Poor. Paul Marvy and Debra Gardner. Human Rights, Summer 2005.
The Importance of Collaborating to Secure a Civil Right to Consel. Andrew Scherer, May 2005.
National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts.
Jonathan M. Smith, April 15, 2004.
Closing the Courthouse Door on Maryland’s Poor. Judge Learned Hand
Will Gideon's Trumpet Sound a New Melody? The Globalization of Constitutional Values and its Implications for a Right to Equal Justice in Civil Cases. Hon. Earl Johnson, Jr. Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Fall/Winter 2003.
Equal Access to Justice: Comparing Access to Justice in the United States and Other Industrial Democracies. Hon. Earl Johnson, Jr. Fordham International Law Journal, 2000.
Studies/Reports:
Achieving Access to Justice for Hawai’I’s People. November 2007.
Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication. Stanford Law Review, Volume 60, Issue 2, 2007.
Results from Three Surveys in New York City Housing Courts. Laura K. Abel and Kira Krenichyn, Ph.D., February 2007.
Right to Civil Counsel ("Civil Gideon"). TortDeform, The Civil Justice Defense Blog, 2007.
The New York City Housing Court in the 21st Century: Can it Better Address the Problems Before It? New York County Lawyer's Association, October 2005.
No Time for Justice. A Study of Chicago's Eviction Court. Lawyer's Committee for Better Housing, December 2003.
Evictions: The Hidden Housing Problem. Housing Policy Debate, Volume 14, Issue 4, 2003.
Self-Represented Litigants: Characteristics, Needs, Services. Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, December 2005.
Impact of Legal Counsel on Outcomes for Poor Tenants In New York City's Housing Court: Results of a Randomized Experiment. Law & Society Review, 2001.
Meeting the Challence of Self-Represented Litigants in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Pro Se Working Group, 2000.