Analysis & Commentary
Civil Right to Counsel
A ‘Modest’ First Step For Civil Justice Plan
New York State Bar Association’s House of Delegates passes resolution focusing efforts to provide free or low-cost civil legal services for the poor on those facing “dire situations” and urges the legislature to extend the right to counsel to cover vulnerable low-income people facing eviction from or foreclosure of their homes.
Authored by: Joel Stashenko, New York Law Journal
– 11/04/08
Toward a Right to Counsel in Civil Cases in New York State
Adopting a report written by the Brennan Center’s Laura Abel, the New York State Bar Association champions a right to counsel in eviction and foreclosure cases and in certain unemployment insurance appeals.
Authored by: Laura Abel, A New York State Bar Association Report
– 11/01/08
Shadow Report to U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The Brennan Center participated in a shadow report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, arguing that the United States’ failure to provide a civil right to counsel violates the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
– 12/10/07
State Statutes Providing for a Right to Counsel in Civil Cases
Published in Clearinghouse REVIEW Journal of Poverty Law and Policy.
Authored by: Laura K. Abel & Max Rettig
– July- August 2006
Make “You Have the Right to a Lawyer” a Reality in Housing Court
Authored by: Laura Abel, in Tenant Inquilino
– 03/27/05