Read the National Coalition's submission to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing regarding the connection between right to counsel and access to housing.
A Child's Right to Counsel: A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused & Neglected Children (Oct. 2009, 2d ed.), published by First Star and the Children's Advocacy Institute, surveys state laws on providing counsel to children in dependency proceedings.
The National Legal Aid and Defenders Association (NLADA) has a webpage devoted to studies analyzing the economic benefit of meeting civil legal needs. These studies seek to quantify the financial
impact of legal representation for clients, the cost of lack of representation, and the cost savings when counsel is available.
The New York State Bar Association House of Delegates adopted a report from the President's Committee on Access to Justice in November 2008. The report, titled "Toward a Right to Counsel in Civil Cases in New York State" is available here.
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.